Hesaruiyeh

Hesaruiyeh حصاروييه
village
Hesaruiyeh
Coordinates: 30°02′37″N 55°12′59″E
Country	Iran
Province	Kerman
County	Shahr-e Babak
Bakhsh	Central
Rural District	Khatunabad
Population  (2006)
• Total	221
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Hesaruiyeh (Persian: حصاروييه, also Romanized as Ḩeşārū’īyeh; also known as Hazār, Hazārū, and Hisāru)[1] is a village in Khatunabad Rural District, in the Central District of Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 221, in 54 families.[2] Hesaruiyeh is located roughly 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of Shahr-e Babak.[3]

Etymology

One local author suggests that the name comes from the words Ḩeşār (حصار), meaning "fort", "fence", "wall", or "barrier", and bārū (بارو) meaning "fortification".[4]

History

Ḩeşārū’īyeh served as the stronghold of the Ismailis and is home to many Ismailies who have contributed a lot to building Shahr-e-Babak[5] when they ruled Shahr-e Babak 150 to 200 years ago in the 1800s.[4]

Surroundings

Ḩeşārū’īyeh is located close to Road 71, a national highway that connects Tehran in the north to Bandar-Abbas in the South. Beside the forts and the barriers, there is also a horseshoe-like stretched hill nearby called Tale-h Hesar, meaning "hill of the fort".^[citation needed]

References

1. Hesaruiyeh can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3066481" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
3. Ḩeşārū'īyeh: Iran, Geographic.org, retrieved 2010-11-15
4. Mansoor, Azizi (2004), تارىخ و فرهنگ شهر بابک [The History and the Culture of Shahr-e Babek], مرکز کرمان‌شناسى [Markaz-i Kirmān'shināsī], ISBN 978-964-6487-70-3, OCLC 62579116^[page needed]
5. wikifoundry: Ḩeşārū'īyeh, hesarooyeh, retrieved 2013-09-08

External links

• Photos from Hesarooyeh^[permanent dead link‍]