Garakan ( fa, گركان, also
Romanize
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d as Garakān and Gerakān ) is a village in
Garakan Rural District, in the
Central District of
Ashtian County
Ashtian County ( fa, شهرستان آشتیان) is located in Markazi province, 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 Tur ...
,
Markazi Province,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 799, in 245 families.
References
It is said that the village took its name after its
Zoroastrian
Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic on ...
inhabitants as ‘
Gebr-Makan’ which means the place of
Zoroastrians,
Gebr =
Zoroastrian
Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic on ...
& ‘Makan’= place in
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
. It is also said that the village's name was changed after a certain period of time by its inhabitants through different pronunciation to Garakan.
.گرکان نام روستایی از توابع آشتیان در استان مرکزی است که محل تولد بزرگانی همچون
دکتر عبدالعظیم قریب و
دکتر عبدالکریم قریب و
دکتر محمد قریب می باشد
One of the famous
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 ...
ians , Doctor
Mohammad Gharib
Mohammad Gharib ( fa, محمد قریب; 5 July 1909 – 20 January 1975) was an Iranian physician, clinician, distinguished university professor and a pioneer of pediatrics in Iran.
Gharib is known as the father of pediatrics in Iran. He ...
was one of the most famous
Iranian physician, distinguished university professor and a pioneer of pediatrics who was originally from Garakan.
Doctor
Mohammad Gharib
Mohammad Gharib ( fa, محمد قریب; 5 July 1909 – 20 January 1975) was an Iranian physician, clinician, distinguished university professor and a pioneer of pediatrics in Iran.
Gharib is known as the father of pediatrics in Iran. He ...
is known as
Father of Iranian Pediatrics. He was a graduate of
Paris University Medical School .
Garakan has been shown in the TV serie
Roozegar-e Gharib
''Roozegar-e Gharib'' ( fa, روزگار قریب, italic=yes, literally "Gharib's Story") is an Iranian TV series about Dr. Mohammad Gharib, the father of Pediatrics in Iran directed by Kianoush Ayari.
Story
Ayyari wrote the script and the film r ...
as a village where has been annually visited by doctor
Mohammad Gharib
Mohammad Gharib ( fa, محمد قریب; 5 July 1909 – 20 January 1975) was an Iranian physician, clinician, distinguished university professor and a pioneer of pediatrics in Iran.
Gharib is known as the father of pediatrics in Iran. He ...
. Doctor visited Garakan once a year with luggage full of medicines to help and cure his people
Populated places in Ashtian County
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