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9 unusual facts about Qazvin


Ali-Akbar Zargham

One being his involvement in the recovery of the city of Qazvin after a devastating earthquake that occurred in 1962 (later known as the 1962 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake), killing approximately 12,000 people.

Arta Industrial Group

Sparked by continued growth, Arta diversified into tufting carpet in 1990, establishing a factory known today as Arta Tuft in a new plant near the city called Takestan, Qazvin, Iran.

Battle of Baku

At this point, earlier in June, Bicherakhov was in the vicinity of Qazvin, trying to go north.

Battle of Ray

On his way to Tabaristan, he met the Arab general Nu'aym near Qazvin, and made peace with him.

Dust Muhammad

The emperor Humayun sitting on some stone likeness of the throne, and in the distance under the trees playing three boys, one of whom the future Emperor Akbar I. Restless nature Doust Muhammad gave him root and in the court of the Mughal emperors - in the early 1560s, is already under Emperor Akbar I, Dust Muhammad left India and returned to Iran, where he lived out the last days in Qazvin.

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Azad University of Qazvin having the successful experience of organizing RoboCup IranOpen2006 decided to organize RoboCup IranOpen2007 in a more broad range.

Azad University of Qazvin as the pioneer in organizing a RoboCup event in Iran prepared a strong proposal for the RoboCup Federation which was then approved by the Federation to organize RoboCup IranOpen2006.

Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas

In the opening of the tablet, Bahá'u'lláh bestows his bounties upon Hands of the Cause `Alí-Akbar and Trustee of Huqúqu'lláh, Amín who were imprisoned in Qazvin.

The Walking Drum

Leaving Tabriz, Mathurin and Khatib travel alongside a caravan as far as Qazvin, where ibn-Ibrahim receives gifts and an invitation to visit Alamut.


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Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

Her third novel The Woman Who Read Too Much is also set in the middle of the nineteenth century, and centers around Tahirih Qurratu'l-Ayn, a poet and scholar from Qazvin, who shocked the political powers of Qajar Persia and violated religious convention by casting aside her veil.

Muhammad Salih Baraghani

Muhammad Salih Baraghani (born 1753) was one of three or four brothers from Baraghan who all established themselves as leading mujtahids in Qazvin.


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