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Tabriz (Persian: تبریز; pronounced [tæbˈɾiːz] ⓘ) is a city in the Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran. Tabriz is in the Quru River valley in Iran's historic Azerbaijan region between long ridges of volcanic cones in the Sahand and Eynali ...
The Bazaar of Tabriz ( Persian: بازار تبریز, also Romanized as Bāzār-e Tabriz Azerbaijani: تبریز بازاری, also Romanized as Tabriz Bazari) is a historical market situated in the city center of Tabriz, Iran. It is one of the oldest bazaars in the Middle East and the largest covered bazaar in the world. [1]
The first three sites in Iran, Meidan Naghshe Jahan, Isfahan, Persepolis and Tchogha Zanbil, were inscribed on the list at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairo and Luxor, Egypt in 1979. [3] They remained the Islamic Republic's only listed properties until 2003, when Takht-e Soleyman was added to the list. [4]
1041 – A devastating earthquake happened in Tabriz. [3] [4] 1208 – Annexed by the army of Kingdom of Georgia under command of brothers Ivane and Zakaria Mkhargrdzeli. [5] 1275 – Marco Polo traveled through Tabriz on his way to China. [6] 1298 – Sham-i Ghazan built (approximate date).
Geographically, the country of Iran is located in West Asia and borders the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. Topographically, it is predominantly located on the Persian Plateau. Its mountains have impacted both the political and the economic history of the country for several centuries. The mountains enclose several broad basins, on ...
Tabriz County can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "9205851" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database". Tabriz County ( Persian : شهرستان تبریز ) is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran .
The only freeway in Azerbaijan is Freeway 2 (Iran) which connects Tabriz to Tehran and it is planned to construct the rest of the freeway up to the Iran-Turkey border at Bazargan. Other roads and highways include Road 32 (Iran) which connects Tehran to Tabriz and continues to the Iran-Turkey border at Bazargan. Here is a list and map of roads ...
12,613–30,000 dead [1] [2] The 1641 Tabriz earthquake occurred on the night of February 5 in present-day East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The earthquake had an estimated surface-wave magnitude of 6.8 and an epicenter between Lake Urmia and the city of Tabriz. It was one of the most destructive earthquakes in the region, resulting in the loss ...