Masjedlu ( fa, مسجدلو, also

Romanize Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...

d as Masjedlū; also known as Masjedī, Masjidi, and Mechety) is a village in

Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District ( fa, دهستان منجوان غربی) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,378 in 931 families. ...

Minjavan District Minjavan District ( fa, بخش منجوان) is a district (bakhsh) in Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. its capital is Asheqlu city. The District has three rural districts (''dehestan''): Dizmar-e Sharqi Rural District, Minja ...

Khoda Afarin County Khoda Afarin County ( fa, شهرستان خداآفرین) is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Khomarlu. At the 2006 census, the county's population (as Khoda Afarin District of Kaleybar County) was ...

East Azerbaijan Province East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, ...

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 45, in 14 families. The online edition of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, quoting Iranian Army files, reports a population of 639 people in late 1940s. According to a more recent statistics (2012) the population is 45 people in 14 families. According to P. Oberling, the inhabitants belonged to

Mohammad Khanlu Mohammad Khanlu (Moḥammad-Ḵānlū) ( محمد خانلو) is one of the six major Tribes of Arasbaran. It is a Turkicized Kurdish tribe dwelling for the most part in the Arasbaran region, in East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. Its summer quarte ...

tribe. The affiliation, however, could not be ethnic as people of Masjedlu are followers of

Yarsan Yarsanism, Ahl-e Haqq or Kaka'i ( ku, یارسان, translit=Yarsan or ; fa, اهل حق, ar, كاكائي), is a syncretic religion founded by Sultan Sahak in the late 14th century in western Iran. The total number of followers of Yarsanism i ...

religion. Until 1990, Habib Soltani was one of the elites of

religion in

Arasbaran Arasbaran ( fa, ارسباران ''Arasbârân'') or shortened to Arasbar ( fa, ارسبار ''Arasbâr''), meaning "The Banks of the Aras (river), Aras/Araxes river," also known as "Qaradagh" or "Karadagh" ( az, Qaradağ ...

region. His younger son, Asghar Soltani, was a prominent poet.عسگر سلطانی، "آرزو یوللاریم"، انتشارات تکدرخت، تهران ۱۳۹۱، ص. ۱۶.

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Populated places in Khoda Afarin County Kurdish settlements in East Azerbaijan Province {{KhodaAfarin-geo-stub