Ashūradeh ( fa, آشوراده), or Ashur Ada, is the only island of the Iranian coast of the
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...
(
Gorgan Bay
The Gulf of Gorgan ( fa, خلیج گرگان), also known as Gorgan Bay, is the largest gulf in the Caspian Sea. It is located at the south-eastern shore of the Caspian Sea near the cities of Behshahr, Gorgan and Sari in Iran and is separated fro ...
). Ashuradeh's surface is .
It is located on the eastern end of the
Miankaleh peninsula in the county of Behshahr of
Māzandarān Province of
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, from
Bandar Torkaman
Bandar Torkaman ( fa, بندرتركمن), formerly known as Bandar Shah ( fa, بَندَرِ شاه), is a city and capital of Torkaman County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 45,045, in 9,755 families.
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and from
Gorgan
Gorgan ( fa, گرگان ; also romanized as ''Gorgān'', ''Gurgān'', and ''Gurgan''), formerly Esterabad ( ; also romanized as ''Astarābād'', ''Asterabad'', and ''Esterābād''), is the capital city of Golestan Province, Iran. It lies appro ...
.
The island can be reached via
Bandar Torkaman
Bandar Torkaman ( fa, بندرتركمن), formerly known as Bandar Shah ( fa, بَندَرِ شاه), is a city and capital of Torkaman County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 45,045, in 9,755 families.
Bandar To ...
. Over 40% of Iran's caviar is produced near Ashūradeh Island.
History
![Iranian muslim turkmen of Ashuradeh island](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Iranian_muslim_turkmen_of_Ashuradeh_island.jpg)
Ashuradeh was inhabited by 300 families, but the
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
is now deserted.
The island was occupied by Russian forces in 1837, despite protests from Persia. Following the occupation, the Russian Army maintained a military post on the island for a few decades until 1921.
Colonel Stebnitzky's Report on His Journey in 1872
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References
External links
* Memar, Parya,
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)
Ashuradeh Island Profile
Pictures
Landforms of Golestan Province
Islands of Iran
Islands of the Caspian Sea
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