Garmanab (
گرمناب) was a village in
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 ...
which was abandoned by the turn of the 20th century. In late nineteenth and early twentieth century the village was inhabited by
Armenians
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, who later emigrated to
Armenia
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or
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 ...
. Just before World War II, Reza Qoli Khan, a prominent member of ruling clan of
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, acquired the ownership of the village. Shia Muslims and the followers of
Yarsan religion settled in the village. Reza Qoli Khan was perished during the brief reign of
Azerbaijan People's Government
The Azerbaijan People's Government ( az, آذربایجان میللی حکومتی - Azərbaycan Milli Hökuməti; fa, حکومت خودمختار آذربایجان) was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in northern Iran from Nov ...
,
[P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 93] following which some of
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 ...
s migrated to Qareh Tikanlu.
The village was by the year 2000 the village was deserted. At the 2006 census, its existence was not noted. Since 2005, some expatriates, particularly the grandchildren of Reza Qoli Khan and Hossein Khan—the landlord of
Abbasabad—have constructed summer residences in the meadows of the former village. The new village is among the most modern and beautiful villages of
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 and has the potential of becoming a tourist destination.
There is a holy shrine in the skirts of a mountain outside of the village, where people of neighboring villages used to slaughter sacrificial animals.
File:Garmanab 2.jpg, The village is being reconstructed.
File:An abandoned village.jpg, Garmanab was deserted by the end of the twentieth century.
File:Izadi holy mountain.jpg, Baba Seifaddin Shrine.
File:Garmanab March 2012.jpg
References
{{Portal, Iran
Populated places in Khoda Afarin County
Former populated places in East Azerbaijan Province