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Old Neighborhood in Iran, Tabriz
Dimashqiyya Persian: دمشقیه, romanized: Dimashqiyya
South Azerbaijani: گوموش‌قیه, romanized: Gümüşqaya
Old Neighborhood
Al-Zahra High School in Gumushqaya, where former cemetery of Dimashqiyya locatedAl-Zahra High School in Gumushqaya, where former cemetery of Dimashqiyya located
Dimashqiyya is located in IranDimashqiyya
Coordinates: 38°04′25.29″N 46°18′51.37″E / 38.0736917°N 46.3142694°E / 38.0736917; 46.3142694
CityTabriz
CountryIran
Founded byBaghdad Khatun
Named forDemasq Kaja

Dimashqiyya or Damashqiyya (Persian: دمشقیه) is an old historical neighborhood of Tabriz. It is also referred to by local Azerbaijanis as Gumushqaya (South Azerbaijani: گوموش‌قیه, romanized: Gümüşqaya) who claim that the former is Persianized variant. It is currently a part of District 8 of Tabriz. It is bounded by Mehraneh river to the north and east. To its west is Beheshti street and to the south is Qarabaghi alley.

History

It was formed around Dimashqiyya madrasah which was founded by Baghdad Khatun to honor his executed brother Demasq Kaja. Madrasah's calligraphy was made by ʿAbdallāh Ṣayrafī who also worked on Mosque of Master and Student. The madrasah was next to the cemetery where several Chobanid and Jalayirid rulers were buried:

  1. Hasan Kuchak
  2. Malek Ashraf
  3. Demasq Kaja
  4. Shaikh Hasan Jalayir
  5. Shaikh Hussain Jalayir
  6. Ahmad Jalayir (as well as his mother)
  7. Tandu Khatun
  8. Shah Walad Jalayir (d. 1411)
  9. Ala ad-Dawla Jalayir

The cemetery was destroyed in 1970s under Pahlavi regime and Al-Zahra High School for Girls was built on its place in 1978.

References

  1. "İran azərbaycanlıları: "Türkcə olan qədim adlar farslaşdırılır"" [Iranian Azerbaijanis: "Old Turkish names are Persianized"]. BBC News Azərbaycanca (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  2. Blair, Sheila S. (2008). "Calligraphy in Iran and its Environs under the Mongols and Turkomans". Islamic Calligraphy. Edinburgh University Press. doi:10.3366/j.ctvxcrjn5.13. ISBN 978-0-7486-3540-5.
  3. ʿUmrānī, Bihrūz; Sangarī, Ḥusain Ismaʿīlī (2007). Baft-i tārīḫī-i šahr-i Tabrīz [Historical context of Tabriz city] (in Persian). Tihrān: Mīrāṯ. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-964-8955-05-7.
  4. Soucek, Priscilla P. (2020-08-20), "ʿABDALLĀH ṢAYRAFĪ", Encyclopaedia Iranica Online, Brill, retrieved 2024-01-19
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