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Isfahan (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 41 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.6833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 051 41 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 51.6833 decimal degrees |
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Note: A major city in west-central Îrān, Eşfahān became the capital of the region by Toghril Beg, the Turkish conqueror and founder of the Seljuq dynasty, in the mid-11th century. Although the city experienced much growth, only a few mosques and minarets survive from this period. After the fall of the dynasty, Eṣfahān declined, but was made capital again by Abbas I (reg 1588-1629), and entered its golden age, during the Safavid dynasty (1501-1732), when the city was rebuilt. During the early 18th century, the city was taken by the Afghans after a lenghty seige, and it went into decline until the mid-20th century, when Reza Shah Pahlavi commissioned reconstruction and restoration of many of the city's historical structures. |
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| Eşfahān (preferred,C,V,O,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
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| Eṣfahān (C,V,display)
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| Esfahan (C,V)
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| Isfahan (C,V,English-P)
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| Ispahan (C,V)
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| Isjphahan (C,V)
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| Nesf-e-Jahan (C,V)
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| איספהאן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Eşfehān (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| اصفهان (C,U,Persian-Farsi-P)
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| Aspadana (H,O)
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............ | ancient name |
| Gabae (H,V)
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............ | during Achaemenian period |
| Isahan (H,V)
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| Sepahan (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iran (nation) (P) |
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Isfahan (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an ancient center |
| provincial capital (B) |
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of al-Jibāl province, 642; of Esfahān, currently |
| city (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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Esfahān University established 1936 |
| capital (H) |
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of Seljuq Turks, mid-11th cen.; of Shāh Abbās I, 1598 |
| regional capital (C) |
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