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ID: 1079191
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1079191

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Marāgheh (inhabited place)  Marāgheh (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 25 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 37.4167  decimal degrees
Long: 046 13 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 46.2167  decimal degrees

Note: Located S of Tabrīz; developed quickly after Arab conquest in 7th cen.; ruined by Mongols in 1221; briefly ruled by Russia in 1828; located in a fruit-growing area; exports dried fruit; ruins of an observatory from 1259 CE lie W of the town.

Names:
Marāgheh (preferred,C,V,O,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
Maragheh (C,V)
Marāghah (C,V)
Maragha (C,V)
مراغه‎ (C,V,Persian-Farsi,U)
Marāghen (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
مراغه (C,U,Persian-Farsi-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Iran (nation)  ........  Iran (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of East Azerbaijan (province)  ............  East Azerbaijan (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Marāgheh (inhabited place)  ................  Marāgheh (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  since at least by 7th cen.
town (C)
capital (H)  ............  of Hülegü, 13th cen.
seat (C)

Sources and Contributors:
مراغه‎..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
مراغه..........  [VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3074025
Maragha..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 566
Marāghah..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 812
Marāgheh..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 812
.................  Google Maps online (2000-)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3074025
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 119
Maragheh..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 566
Marāghen..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3074025
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 566
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 812
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3074025
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 119
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)

 

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