Ashuradeh

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Ashūradeh ({{langx|fa|آشوراده}}), or Ashur Ada, besides Esmaeilsay and Akaz islands, is one of the islands off the Iranian coast on the Caspian Sea (Gorgan Bay).{{cite web|url=https://www.irna.ir/amp/84113421/|title=Akaz Island}} Ashuradeh's surface area is {{convert|800|ha|acre}}.

It is located on the eastern end of the Miankaleh peninsula in the county of Behshahr of Māzandarān Province of Iran, {{convert|3|km|mi|sp=us}} from Bandar Torkaman and {{convert|23|km|mi|sp=us}} from Gorgan.{{cite web|url=http://www.ashooradeh.com/aboute.htm |title=Ashooradeh Island |accessdate=2007-03-20 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410130742/http://www.ashooradeh.com/aboute.htm |archivedate=2007-04-10 }}

The island can be reached via Bandar Torkaman. Over 40% of Iran's caviar is produced near Ashūradeh Island.[http://former.president.ir/khatami/eng/cronicnews/1379/7901/790117/790117.htm Caviar in Iran]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

History

File:Iranian muslim turkmen of Ashuradeh island.jpg

Ashuradeh was inhabited by 300 families, but the village is now deserted.

The island was occupied by Russian forces in 1837, despite protests from Persia.{{Cite book|last=Rezun|first=Miron|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vceInEkXX74C|title=The Soviet Union and Iran : Soviet policy in Iran from the beginnings of the Pahlavi Dynasty until the Soviet invasion in 1941|date=1981|publisher=Sijthoff & Noordhoff International|isbn=90-286-2621-2|location=Alphen aan den Rijn|pages=6|oclc=7925812}} Following the occupation, the Russian Army maintained a military post on the island for a few decades until 1921.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/1798790 Colonel Stebnitzky's Report on His Journey in 1872]

References

External links

Memar, Parya, „[http://d-nb.info/1037342798/34 New urban Settlements in the ecological context; Miānqāla and its new settlement in the south eastern coasts of Caspian Sea]“. In: Sustainable Development of Emerging Settlement Patterns, Berlin 2006: pp. 88–102 ({{isbn|978-3-7983-2022-2}})
[http://www.iranian.com/GuiveMirfendereski/2005/July/Unveil/index.html Etymology of Ashuradeh Islands]
[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200606/ai_n22700020 Ashuradeh Island Profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071025030600/http://angusmcdowall.com/?p=47 Pictures]

Category:Landforms of Golestan province

Category:Islands of Iran

Category:Islands of the Caspian Sea