Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Shahi Island
Island in Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Shahi Island (Persian: جزیرهٔ شاهی, Azerbaijani: شاهی آداسؽ, Armenian: Արքայից կղզի) lit. 'King Island' is the largest island in the endorheic Urmia Lake, East Azerbaijan Province in Iran. Located in the eastern part of the lake, Shahi Island has a surface area of 23,000 hectares.
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2011) |
Remove ads
The island is the only inhabited island in Lake Urmia, with seven villages, including Burachalu, Ghebchagh, Teymurlu, and Bahramabad. These villages were located on the shores of the island. However the water level in the lake has been falling, and the "island" is now connected to the mainland on its eastern side and it forms a peninsula. The Shahi island is a rural district (dehestan) in Osku County.
Remove ads
History
In 1265, Hulagu Khan, the Mongol conqueror of Baghdad, was buried in a mountain (or castle[1]) in the island, supposedly with all of his wealth.[2] His tomb has not been found so far.[3]
After the 1979 Iranian revolution and the overthrow of the Iranian monarchy, the revolutionaries changed the name of the island to Islami Island (Jazireh-ye-Eslami), which means Islamic Island.
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads