Namaq ( fa, نامق, also

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d as Nāmeq; also known as Nāmah-i-Haq, Nāmah-i-Haqq, Namagh, and Nemāḩaq) is a village in

Barkuh Rural District Barkuh Rural District ( fa, دهستان بركوه) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Kuhsorkh County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country locat ...

Kuhsorkh County Kuhsorkh County ( fa, شهرستان کوهسرخ) is in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Rivash. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Kuhsorkh District of Kashmar County Kashmar County ...

, Razavi Khorasan 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 Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,134, in 403 families.

Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami Ahmad Ibn Abolhasan Jāmi-e Nāmaghi-e Torshizi ( fa, احمد ابن ابوالحسن جامی نامقی ترشیزی) (born Namagh (now Kashmar), Persia, 1048 – died Torbat-e Jam, 1141) better known as Sheikh Ahhmad-e Jami or Sheikh Ahmad ...

was born there in 1048.

Historical sites, ancient artifacts and tourism

Namaq Cemetery

The Namaq Cemetery is a historical

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related to the

Safavid dynasty The Safavid dynasty (; fa, دودمان صفوی, Dudmâne Safavi, ) was one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from 1501 to 1736. Their rule is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of th ...

and is located in

Namaq Castle

Namaq Castle is a historical

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located in Namaq in Razavi Khorasan Province, the longevity of which dates back to before of the

mongol conquest The Mongol invasions and conquests took place during the 13th and 14th centuries, creating history's largest contiguous empire: the Mongol Empire (1206- 1368), which by 1300 covered large parts of Eurasia. Historians regard the Mongol devastati ...

References

{{RazaviKhorasan-geo-stub Populated places in Kuhsorkh County