Tabriz

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File:Tabriz.png Tabriz (تبریز) is a city in Iran, with a population of over 2.5 million people. It is the center of the province of East Azarbaijan. The city is located in northwestern Iran to the north of Sahand mountain.

Tabriz is the main cultural center of the ethnic Azerbaijani and Turkic Iranians.

Historically, the founding of the city is doubted. Some sources mention the Sassanid era, while others claim that it had been built by one of the wives of Harun al-Rashid. It has been the capital of the Ilkhanate from about 1270 to about 1305. It has also been the capital of the Aq Quyunlu from about 1469 to about 1502.

External link

• Tabriz from Encyclopaedia of the Orient

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References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Tabriz" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabriz, used under the GNU Free Documentation License