Kordkuy (Persian: كرد كوی; also Romanized as Kord Kūy, Kord Kū, and Kurd Kūi)[3] is a city in the Central District of Kordkuy County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] The natives of Kordkuy call their city Kard Male (Kord Mahaleh) and speak Mazandarani.[5]

Kordkuy
Persian: کردکوی
City
Kordkuy is located in Iran
Kordkuy
Kordkuy
Coordinates: 36°47′31″N 54°06′48″E / 36.79194°N 54.11333°E / 36.79194; 54.11333[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceGolestan
CountyKordkuy
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total39,881
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Kordkuy at GEOnet Names Server

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 28,991 in 7,611 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 38,246 people in 11,415 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 39,881 people in 12,971 households.[2]

Kordkuy, meaning "the neighborhood of Kurds" (formerly Tamiše), is located in the western part of Golestan province. It is connected to Bandar from the north and the west, to Bandar-e Gaz, the east to Gorgan, and from the south to Damghan of Semnan province. Its southern parts are enclosed with the heights of the Alborz (Elbruz) mountains.[citation needed]

In 1151 (A.H.), Nader Shah Afshar, after defeating the famous Ottoman general Topal Osman Pasha and conquering Baghdad, while passing through Uramanat in Kurdistan, south of Sanandaj, moved all the people of Paveh region, who were brave and warrior men, and at the same time, skilled shooters and gunpowder makers, towards Estarabad (Gorgan) to be both responsible for equipping his army and to establish a huge barrier against the Turkmens, who were raiding and looting Estarabad and its surroundings from time to time.

Nader shah placed the responsibility of the Paveh people on a person named Mirza Shafi Bey Paveh, and with the unity and cohesion of this clan, the Turkmens were defeated. After the suppression of the Turkmen by the Paveh people, Nader Shah did not allow them to return ( It is very likely that the elders of the Paveh people themselves did not want to return, because the lands that were given to them in Kurdkoy in exchange for their services were much more fertile and were better) and settled them in an area of Golestan that was later named Kurdkoi due to their Kurdish origin.

Kordkuy was a part of Gorgan until 1979 when it gained city status. The former name of Kordkuy was Tamiše, which was also attributed to the western part of Gorgan. Kordkuy's most important harvests are husked rice, wheat, cotton, and soya.[citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (14 October 2023). "Kordkuy, Kordkuy County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Archived from the original (Excel) on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Kordkuy can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3072083" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ Bani Sadr, Seyyed Abul Hasan. "Abstraction of Kordkuy and Bandar-e Gaz Districts from Gorgan County and establishment of governorship". Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Revolutionary Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  5. ^ Borjian, Habib (2004). "Māzandarān: Language and People". Iran & the Caucasus. 8 (2). Brill: 295. doi:10.1163/1573384043076045. JSTOR 4030997.
  6. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.