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  Khan Bahadur Sher Jang, Survey of India, Coke's Rifles
Sayyid Taha was six stages away at Chahari, and owing to the attitude of the Persian Governor, Sher Jang was unable to leave Urumieh.
All through the night of the 25th March the tow men discussed the situation, and as last dawn was breaking Sher Jang won he case and prevailed upon Sayyid Taha to accompany him back to Baghdad.
On another occasion, in Urumieh in 1919, when he was by no means in a pleasant situation himself, he exercised all his personal influence in urging the protection of the hapless Christian women and children, whose lives were at times threatened by the fanatical Kurds.
www.king-emperor.com /articles-sherjang.htm   (1067 words)

  
 Peshmergekan پێشمه‌رگه‌کان  | English
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Born in 1945, in Naghaddeh, Western Azerbaijan, he got through Teachers’ College of Agriculture in Urumieh in 1963, whereupon employed as a secondary school teacher in Saqiz.
Since January 2007 at least 163 people have been arrested, killed, imprisoned or condemned to death.
peshmergekan.eu /english.php   (234 words)

  
  THE BAQUBAH REFUGEE CAMP
The evacuation of Urumieh was not completed before the Persian population were up in arms, killing women and children, old men and sick, in the streets of the town; and then followed along the road to cut the throats of stragglers without respect to age or sex.
Throughout the greater period of the war the road between Urumieh and Hamadan had been devastated by Turk and Russian in turn, so supplies were scarce, and the privations endured by the refugees resulted in thousands dying by the wayside, from hunger, disease, and exhaustion.
With a view to separating the Urumieh men of the Contingent from the others, two battalions of Assyrian mountaineers were formed, and one of Armenians, and one of Urumieh Assyrians.
www.aina.org /books/brc.htm   (18567 words)

  
  Science Fair Projects - West Azarbaijan
The capital city of the province is the city of Urumieh, with a population of approximately 435,000.
Therefore from the religious aspect, the 'Shiite-sect' mostly are the inhabitants of Urumieh and the northern cities, whereas the Sunni sect are prevalent in the southern areas of the province.
In the city of Urumieh many residents have a high standard of living in comparison with the Third world.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/West_Azarbaijan   (790 words)

  
 CHN Photo Agency
Urumieh Lake is the largest internal and self-contained body of water of Iran, measuring 55,0000 Acres and is located in the North-West of the Iranian plateau.
Urumieh Lake is ranked as the twentieh most beautiful natrual lake in the world.
The mineral-rich mud that lies beneath the salt layers of the lake is famed for having very beneficial effects for those with athro-diseases.
www.chnphotoagency.ir /gallery.php?lang=en&gallery_uid=119&action=list&start=9   (157 words)

  
 Urumieh Hotels
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www.find-iran.com /Books-Iran/Urumieh-Hotels.html   (108 words)

  
 Kurdish Prisoners Revolt over Inmate Hangings
Tehran, 30 Dec. (AKI) - Amid rising tension in Iranian Kurdistan, prisoners in Urumieh prison in western Iran are rioting over the imminent hanging of one of their fellow detainees - a Kurd named Massoud Shokkehi - and the hanging in recent days of another Kurd being held in Sagghez prison, also in Iranian Kurdistan.
A total 51 Kurdish militants have been summoned to appear before the Revolutionary court in Sanandaj, accused of sedition.
Shokkehi had been in Urumieh for nine years.
www.wadinet.de /news/iraq/newsarticle.php?id=1713   (202 words)

  
 Iranian Provinces: West Azarbaijan
Urumieh is the capital city of the province.
The water obtained from the melting snow flows through the various valleys in the vicinity, ultimately flowing into Lake Urumieh, the Kloy (Zaab) River.
Climatically, the province is influenced by the humid air currents of the Atlantic Ocean, and in the winter months the Mediterranean air currents have an effect here, bringing down the temperature.
www.iranchamber.com /provinces/09_west_azarbaijan/09_west_azarbaijan.php   (259 words)

  
 Satellite Data- Based Natural Hazard Study in Iran
With availability of existing very high resolution satellite data such as those taken by IKONOS and Quickbird,we now are very hopeful to be able to delineate the areas affected by floods and being able to assess precisely damages occurred for their subsequent use in preparation of rehabilitation plans and crisis management.
water fluctuation in two famous Iranian lakes located partly or as a whole, within the boundaries of the country,called Caspian Sea and Urumieh respectively, as a natural disaster and their impacts on peripherial areas is the subject of an investigation presently under execution.
To achive the objective defined we are using multi-temporal Landsat data and data taken by SPOT (HRV in XS mode), ASTER and MODIS sensors on board of Terra/Aqua satellites as well as those taken by astronauts orbiting the earth by Space Station,Fig 8.
www.gisdevelopment.net /proceedings/tehran/p_session1/F_BARZEGARa.htm   (783 words)

  
 Balochistan People’s Party
The Iranian regime’s effort to put out this ethnic brushfire by closing the Tehran-based Iran newspaper and arresting its editor as well as the ethnic Azeri cartoonist quickly escalated to the usual strongarm response as the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ anti-riot units and Basij militias attacked the Azeri protesters.
Kurds, who make up around 14 percent of Iran’s population, do not have particularly good relations with ethnic Azeris; several cities in western Iran, such as Urumieh and Mako, are inhabited by both Kurds and by Azeri Turks.
In September 2005, the Iranian government blamed Gamoh for the shooting of a government official in Urumieh; Gamoh denied involvement.
www.balochpeople.org /eng/2006/Jun/IranianAzeries.htm   (1174 words)

  
 iran-news-22bahman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The park where the protest was staged is a popular place for outings by Tehran residents on Fridays, the Muslim holy day.
Demonstrations also took place on Friday morning in the western cities of Urumieh and Qazvin and the eastern city of Bojnurd, during which several people were injured, AFP reported.
An Iranian armed opposition group, the People's Mujahedeen, said that thousands had demonstrated in Urumieh, with police arresting dozens, AFP reported.
www3.estart.com /iran/news/22bahman.html   (1112 words)

  
 Persia Tour: Tourism Information
Ardebil, Takab, Masule, Urumieh, Hamedan, Kermanshah, Zanjan, Mashad, Tabriz, and the cities which are more important & their information are as follows:
The two northwestern provinces of East & West Azerbaijan, with Tabriz and Urumieh as their capitals respectively are among Iran's richest and most fertile regions.
These provinces are geographically varied by mountain ranges, fertile plains and the large salt lake known as Urumieh Lake.
www.persiatour.ir /tourism/city.html   (3226 words)

  
 Ban on Media Coverage of Azerbaijan Unrest (Rooz)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Some local sources report that the protestors' slogans in the towns of Urumieh and Ardebil had been unprecedented during the past quarter of a century.
Based on reports of the recent days, demonstrators now have shifted their focus from protesting against the newspaper that carried the insulting cartoon (Iran) to police brutality, calling for the resignation of local officials and police officers.
In the Azeri towns of Ardebil, Urumieh, Naghdeh and Meshkinshahr the protest have led to physical clashes and injuries.
www.rooz0nline.com /english/015879.shtml   (459 words)

  
 Gardeshyaran International Tours and Travel Agency
Located near the interesting beach of Urumieh Lake.
Urumieh Lake, Green gardens around the Sharafkhaneh port.
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www.gardeshyaran.com /info/hotelDes.asp?id=604560821   (77 words)

  
 Iran Urumieh
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www.find-iran.com /Books-Iran/Iran-Urumieh-.html   (165 words)

  
 Iran News - Pursamad wins 1st prize of Worship Photo Fest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
LONDON, Feb 1 (IranMania) - Photographer Javad Pursamad from Urumieh, West Azerbaijan Province has won the first prize at the Worship and Prayer International Photo Festival.
A total of 40 photographers from five continents had submitted works to the secretariat of the festival, MNA reported.
Pursamad is currently teaching photography and is also the director of the Urumieh Young Cinema Society.
www.iranmania.com /News/ArticleView/?ArchiveNews=Yes&NewsCode=29302&NewsKind=Culture   (277 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Davud Khoda Karami, secretary of the Islamic Society of Students at the University of Zanjan, said in the April 21 issue of "Aftab-i Yazd" that a student sit-in over the cartoon led to the university's closure.
Referring to ongoing disturbances in Tabriz and Urumieh, national police chief Ismail Ahmadi-Moqaddam said on May 24 that approximately 60 people have been arrested, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported.
Turan news agency on May 24, however, cited "unofficial reports" of 10 demonstrators being killed in Urumieh after they raised the flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Turan also claimed there were deaths in Mahabad.
www.rferl.org /reports/iran-report/2006/05/19-290506.asp   (5339 words)

  
 Bahai News - Islamic republic's non-Muslims stand behind Khatami
He is good for us and he wants us to stay in Iran," said Assyro-Chaldean MP Yonathen Betcolia, unnerved by the large numbers of his community leaving for the United States.
Khatami last year even visited an Assyro-Chaldean church in the western city of Urumieh.
In Urumieh, a 30,000 square-meter area of land was given to us," Betcolia said.
www.uga.edu /bahai/News/060201-1.html   (630 words)

  
 The axecution of another Kurdish activist by the Islamic Republic of Iran (KurdishMedia.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is evident that it is not the first time that the Turkish police have outreach the Islamic Republic for handing over freedom activists, and have caused their imprisonment and execution.
Toujhali was under inquiry and torture from his detainment to his execution in the prisons of Mahabad, Sardasht and Urumieh.
The regime of Islamic Republic must also know well that imprisonment, torture, massacring opponents and intellectual, have not frightened the devotees and followers of freedom and will not disappoint and discourage them from fighting against the regime.
www.kurdmedia.com /articles.asp?id=2327   (361 words)

  
 Shahrzad News
Sexual segregation of public facilities and services in Iran continues to expand.
Arezoo Island, situated in northwestern Iran near Urumieh Lake, has now been designated as a women’s island.
Only female tourists are allowed to travel there, and the island’s staff will be comprised entirely of female employees
www.shahrzadnews.org /en/articlelist.php5?cid=17   (281 words)

  
 Judiciary Arrests Students and Political Activists (IRAN)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Hamedan Islamic revolutionary court sentenced Hamedan University's physics student Mohammad Majdzadeh-Qaemi to three years in jail for his role in last June's pro-democracy demonstrations.
The Urumieh revolutionary court summoned Hadi Soudbar, member of the central council of Urumieh university's Islamic student council.
Next week, the Tabriz Islamic revolutionary court will try independent journalist Ensafali Hedayat, who was arrested three months ago, a day after he returned from Berlin where he attended the first convention of the coalition of the secular republicans E'ttehad-e Jumhurikhahan-e Iran.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1116287/posts   (1007 words)

  
 Realitatea Romaneasca
Intreaga conducere a fortelor terestre ale Gardienilor Revolutiei, armata ideologica a regimului islamic de la Teheran, a murit intr-un accident de avion care a avut loc in nord-estul tarii.
"Avionul se deplasa de la Teheran la Urumieh (oras aflat in nord-estul tarii), si s-a prabusit nu departe de satul Aidin-Lou, din cauza unor probleme tehnice", a declarat Jamshid Mohammad-Zadeh, viceguvernator si responsabil de securitate al provinciei Azerbaidjanul de Vest.
Regiunea muntoasa Urumieh este cunoscuta pentru problemele pe care le poate crea pentru circulatia avioanelor, conditiile meteo de aici fiind foarte imprevizibile, in aceasta perioada a anului.
www.realitatearomaneasca.ro /content.php?c=articole&id_categorie=9&articol_id=6374&p=9   (418 words)

  
 Türkiye Satranç Federasyonu
Erzurum Erkek ve Bayan takımları ile İran'ın Urumieh kenti Erkek ve Bayan takımları arasındaki Dostluk maçları devam ediyor.
İran'ın Mako ve Urumieh kentlerin de düzenlenen turnuvalarda, Bayanlar da İran takımının üstünlüğüne karşın Erkek takımı beraberlik yaptı.
Sporcularımıza 2006 Temmuz ayı içerisinde düzenlenecek ve Bakü, Urumieh, Van ve Erzurum şehirlerinin katılacağı turnuva da başarılar diliyoruz.
www.tsf.org.tr /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=415&Itemid=1   (82 words)

  
 tebriz
Der Wert für den Tourismus in Azarbaidjan liegt nicht nur in der einmaligen Berglandschaft, besonders die Berge Sahand und Sabalan, sondern auch in den Mineralquellen wie Sar-e Ain, Bostanabad, Ghatoorsu.
Ein eindrucksvolles Naturschaupsiel bietet auch der Urumieh — See, ein mineral- und salzhaltiger See mit einem Salzgehalt von annähernd 30 %.
Die Städte von Azarbaidjan wie Täbriz, Ardebil, Maragheh und Urumieh besitzen viele historische Sehenswürdigkeiten die es sich lohnt zu besuchen.
www.iranbasar.de /touristik/stadte/tebriz/tebriz.html   (146 words)

  
 Girls: 15, Boys: 18
The age of marriage previously approved by the legal commission of the parliament was 14 years for girls and 17 for boys.
Shahrbanoo Amani (MP from Urumieh) who proposal the above bill, said: "for social activities, such as driving license, employment and so on the required minimum age is higher than that for marriage, have you ever thought how then under these conditions a 17 years old boy can support his wife and his family?
Do you really think that starting the married life and bringing up the next generation is less important than the above social activities?
www.payvand.com /news/00/oct/1165.html   (213 words)

  
 Internet in Urumieh | Iran
Satellite Internet services are used in locations where terrestrial Internet access is not available and in locations which move frequently.
Internet access via satellite is available globally, including vessels at sea and area of Urumieh, Iran.
Our satellite broadband service offer two-way high-speed satellite internet access with no phone lines, no cable, no dial-up modem.
www.satellite-provider.pl /Urumieh%20%7c%20Iran/vsat.html   (543 words)

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