Jamkaran
{{Short description|Neighborhood in Qom province, Iran}}
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| official_name = Jamkaran
| native_name = {{lang|fa|جمكران}}
| settlement_type = Neighborhood
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| coordinates = {{Coord|34|35|04|N|50|54|27|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Iran
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Qom
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Qom
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = Central
|subdivision_type4 = City
|subdivision_name4 = Qom
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| population_total = 8368
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = IRST
| utc_offset = +3:30
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Jamkaran ({{langx|fa|جمكران}}){{efn|Also romanized as Jamkarân, Jamkarān and Jam'karân; also known as Jam-e-Karân (جم کران) and Jamgarân (جمگران){{GEOnet3|-3067673}}}} is a neighborhood in the city of Qom in the Central District of Qom County, Qom province, Iran.
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, Jamkaran's population was 8,368 in 1,747 households, when it was a village in Qanavat Rural District.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Qom Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/25.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083730/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/25.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} After the census, Jamkaran was annexed to the city of Qom.{{cite report|title=Resolution of the Supreme Council of Urban Planning and Architecture of Iran on the annexation of Jamkaran village to the city of Qom|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/approved_urban_planning/1027325|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124213835/https://lamtakam.com/law/approved_urban_planning/1027325|publisher=Supreme Council of Urban Planning and Architecture of Iran|last=Hanachi|first=Piruz|archive-date=24 January 2025|date=c. 2017|orig-date=Approved 11 February 1396|access-date=24 January 2025|id=Notification 6095/300}}
Overview
Jamkaran is located on the outskirts of Qom, and is the site of the Jamkaran Mosque, a popular pilgrimage site for Shia Muslims from all over the world. Shia belief has it that the Mahdi—the Twelfth Shia Imam, a figure from Shia eschatology who will lead the world to an era of universal peace—once appeared and offered prayers at Jamkaran.
On Tuesday evenings large crowds of thousands gather at Jamkaran to pray and to drop a note to the Imam in a well at the site, asking for help with some problem.Majd, Hooman, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ : The Paradox of Modern Iran, by Hooman Majd, Doubleday, 2008, pp. 83-84
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External links
- [http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/iranian-president-backs-messianic-cult/2006/05/14/1147545210762.html?page=fullpage "Iranian president backs messianic cult"], Sydney Morning Herald, 15 May 2006.
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{{Qom Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Qom County|state=collapsed}}