Kahak, Delijan

Kahak
كهك
village
Kahak is located in Iran
Kahak
Kahak
Coordinates: 34°10′52″N 50°20′01″E / 34.18111°N 50.33361°E / 34.18111; 50.33361
Country Iran
ProvinceMarkazi
CountyDelijan
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictDo Dehak
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
116
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Kahak (Persian: كهك, also Romanized as Kohak)[1] is a village in Do Dehak Rural District, in the Central District of Delijan County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 116, in 40 families.[2]

During Safavid times, the village enjoyed some importance, and was the site of a large caravanserai, now in ruins.[3]

During the late medieval period, the village was the centre of the Qasim-Shahi line of Nizari Isma'ili imams, which transferred its residence from nearby Anjudan to Kahak during the early imamate of Shah Nizar II (1680–1722).[3] His mausoleum in the western end of the village survives to this day, although a restoration in 1966 destroyed many of its original elements and fixtures.[3] The Nizari imams abandoned Kahak for Kerman Province in the mid-18th century, but Shah Khalil Allah III (1792–1817) re-established himself there shortly into his imamate until 1815, when he moved to Yazd.[3] Kahak was the birthplace of Shah Khalil Allah's son and successor, Aga Khan I, in 1804.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kahak can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3071723" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. ^ a b c d e Daftary, Farhad (2010). "KAHAK". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume XV/4: Kafir Kala–Ḵamsa of Jamāli. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 349–350. ISBN 978-1-934283-26-4.
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