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Masjedlu, East Azerbaijan

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Country
  
Iran

County
  
Khoda Afarin

Rural District
  
Minjavan-e Gharbi

Population
  
45 (2006)

Province
  
East Azerbaijan

Bakhsh
  
Minjavan

Time zone
  
IRST (UTC+3:30)

Masjedlu, East Azerbaijan

Masjedlu (Persian: مسجدلو‎‎, also Romanized as Masjedlū; also known as Masjedī, Masjidi, and Mechety) is a village in Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District, Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 45, in 14 families. The online edition of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, quoting Iranian Army files, reports a population of 639 people in late 1940s. According to a more recent statistics (2012) the population is 45 people in 14 families.

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According to P. Oberling, the inhabitants belonged to Mohammad Khanlu tribe. The affiliation, however, could not be ethnic as people of Masjedlu are followers of Yarsan religion. Until 1990, Habib Soltani was one of the elites of Yarsan religion in Arasbaran region. His younger son, Asghar Soltani, was a prominent poet.

References

Masjedlu, East Azerbaijan Wikipedia