Qaramalik (, fa, قره مَلیک) is a historical neighbourhood in the western part of the
Iranian
Iranian may refer to:
* Iran, a sovereign state
* Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran
* Iranian lan ...
city
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
. Qaramalik is surrounded by
Aji Chay
Aji or AJI may refer to:
Location
* Aji (town), Tieling County, Liaoning, China
*Aji Island, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
*Aji, Kagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
* Aji River (disambiguation), rivers with the same name
Other
* Aji (Go), a latent t ...
river from north,
Ravasan and Tabriz railway station in south and
Hokmavar
Hokmavar (Azerbaijani: Hökmavar or Hökmabad, Persian: حکم آباد, also Hokmabad) is an old and historic district, located in northwest of Tabriz, Azerbaijan of Iran. Hokmavar is restricted to Sham Qazan and Akhini neighbourhoods in south, ...
and
Sham Qazan in east. Qaramalik used to be a village near Tabriz, however after the demolition of the walls of the city in the late nineteenth century and then expansion of the city, it became part of Tabriz and is now a part of district 6 of Tabriz municipality.
During 1960s and 1970s Qaramalik changed rapidly from a village with
agriculture economy into an
industrial
Industrial may refer to:
Industry
* Industrial archaeology, the study of the history of the industry
* Industrial engineering, engineering dealing with the optimization of complex industrial processes or systems
* Industrial city, a city dominate ...
region, when
Tabriz Mashin Sazi factory was established in the farm lands of the village. Later several other factories were founded in Qaramalik, such as
Idem
''idem'' is a Latin term meaning "the same". It is commonly abbreviated as ''id.'',
which is particularly used in legal citations to denote the previously cited source (compare '' ibid.''). It is also used in academic citations to replace the ...
,
Pumpiran. A poly-technique college was found later as well.
Behruz Heschmat's
Work and Thought sculpture, located in Qaramalik, is one of the symbols of modern Qaramalik. Unsustainable industrialization affected the village not only by adding a modern face to the still rural neighbourhood, but also by destroying most of the gardens and villages as well. Only a few farms have survived the
land use
Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods. Land use by humans has a long ...
change and the neighoubourhood suffers from the environmental effects of the factories.
Qaramalik has an old main square, called
Hoseiniyeh square. Qaramalik has ten mosques, among which the
Friday mosque
A congregational mosque or Friday mosque (, ''masjid jāmi‘'', or simply: , ''jāmi‘''; ), or sometimes great mosque or grand mosque (, ''jāmi‘ kabir''; ), is a mosque for hosting the Friday noon prayers known as ''jumu'ah''.*
*
*
*
*
*
*
...
is the most important one, which is located in Hoseiniyeh square. Also one cemetery-out of several historic cemeteries-of Qaramalik has survived.
Qaramalik's role during
Iranian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution ( fa, مشروطیت, Mashrūtiyyat, or ''Enghelāb-e Mashrūteh''), also known as the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, took place between 1905 and 1911. The revolution led to the establishment of a par ...
is a controversial topic. Some believe that Qaramalik was supporting
grand ayatollah Hasan Mojtahed Tabrizi. Also it has been mentioned that Qaramalik was
Mohammad Ali Shah forces' attack point against revolutionaries in Tabriz.
References
Districts of Tabriz
{{EastAzerbaijan-geo-stub