Sohrevard

For the administrative subdivision, see Sohrevard Rural District.
Sohrevard
سهرورد
city
Sohrevard
Coordinates: 36°04′20″N 48°26′24″E / 36.07222°N 48.44000°ECoordinates: 36°04′20″N 48°26′24″E / 36.07222°N 48.44000°E
Country  Iran
Province Zanjan
County Khodabandeh
Bakhsh Central
Population (2006)
  Total 5,786
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
  Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Sohrevard (Persian: سهرورد, also Romanized as Sohravard)[1] is a city in the Central District of Khodabandeh County, Zanjan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,786, in 1,356 families.[2]

Sohrevard was the birthplace of the twelfth century Iranian philosopher, Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi[3] and the Persian Sufi Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi.

References

  1. Sohrevard can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3766562" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  3. M. Kamal, Mulla Sadra's Transcendent Philosophy, p.12, Ashgate Publishing Inc., 136 pp., 2006, ISBN 0-7546-5271-8 (see p.12)