Gaz-e Borkhar Persian:گز برخوار | |
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  Gaz-e Borkhar | |
| Coordinates:32°48′22″N51°37′14″E / 32.80611°N 51.62056°E /32.80611; 51.62056[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Isfahan |
| County | Shahinshahr |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 24,433 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Gaz-e Borkhar (Persian:گز برخوار)[a] is a city in theCentral District ofShahinshahr County,[b]Isfahan province,Iran. The city is the birthplace ofAdib Boroumand, who is the founder of a cultural center in the city.[6]
Gaz-e Borkhar dates back more than two thousand years ago. The texture of the city is old and has been traditionally built, but in recent years there has been changes and the new architectural style has become commonplace.Hamdullah Mostofi writes in the book ofNuzhat al-Qulub: "Bahman bin Esfandiar has built a ten-fireplace." Thefireplace seems to have become a mosque after theArab invasion of Iran and the influence of Islam in the city.[7]
The dialect and the language of theGazi dialect, the old Fars as a part of the fourPahlavi or the city (urban), provincial (rural), beetle (cut and short), and a door related to expression, plains, valleys and deserts. This language has gradually been influenced by thePersian language and script since the 11th century AH, but at present, it is an ancient and original language and in terms of writing without Persian andArabic alphabets and their Arabs. It has been effective and studied by German experts and culturalists such asWilhelm Ilors (4-5 AD) because of its similarities in some words with theGerman language dialect and some European and evenGreece. As he mentioned, when he was in the German Archaeological Foundation inIsfahan (1-5 AH) and then in the solar decade he tried to record the language. He released the collection with the help of Ulrich Shapka in two exquisite volumes inGermany, titled "Westiranische Mundarten Aus der Sammlung Wilhelm Eilers".[8]
This language appeared on the list of intangible heritage works on February 21, 2009 under the name "Gazi Dialect". The DivineDervish Abbas Gazi has been published in the local language. This book contains about 2 sonnets.[9]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 20,432 in 5,704 households.[10] The following census in 2011 counted 21,991 people in 6,710 households.[11] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 24,433 people in 7,768 households.[2]
The historic city of Gaz is located in a relatively flat plain that lacks natural effects. The city is 18 kilometers north ofIsfahan.
In terms of climate, it is a semidesert climate. Its rainfall and its evaporation is less than the city ofIsfahan. The soils of the area are generally made of clay with relatively high adhesion with a little sand.
The Grand Mosque of Gaz is a small four-porchmosque of theSeljuk period (the sixth century) that has been damaged and renovated in the next session, but has retained a large amount of itsSeljuk characteristics. The northern, southern, east and west porches in this mosque are two to two mirrors, with a square and its length and width of about 2 meters. TheSeljuk works of this mosque are on its western porch and there are two current corridors of the mosque on both sides of the porch. In each of the northern and southern sides, the porch is at an in height of two and a half meters.
One of the interesting examples of thecaravanserai ofShah Abbas I, built on the road to Isfahan to the north, is the Gazinn. The length of this historic inn from the east to the east is 2 meters and its width from north to south and 2 meters in the inn from the east to forty meters and its width from north to south is 2 meters. In the four corners of the inn, there are four othertowers whose views are visible from afar and used for observation. The magnificent height of the Gaz Inns is eleven meters and its exterior includes upper and lower porches with rational tiles and roofs. The upper part of the caravanserai entrance also has some interesting decorations of reasonable tile.
One of the old brick and old works of Gaz, a rectangular mosque, is about 2 meters wide and 2 meters long, which was built at the entrance of the oldmarket, and seems to be one of the lateSafavid architectural artifacts. He was built by a person named Agha Mahmoud.
Adib Boroumand Cultural Center was founded in 2001 by the national poet of IranAdib Boroumand to provide a special service to his hometown. Thiscultural center has been called the Adib Boroumand Cultural Center at the discretion of the Board of Trustees of this Foundation and the City Council. The location of an old building is about 5 years old and an area of 2 square meters. In the northern part of the earth there is a plasterhall and amonarchy with two pens and on both sides of the two coordinate and continuous arches. On the eastern part of a large basin and a smallveil is located in the western part of a large room with two smaller rooms. In addition, on the western side of a corridor leads to a basement where the Museum of Anthropology is now deployed. In the courtyard of the mansion, the blue pond is built in the middle of the building and opposite the hall, and its water flows into the south with multiple foams. The building was actually part of theQajar mansion by Haj Mohammad Ali Khan Kalantar, the son of Ali Akbar Big Governor of Fath Ali Shah Qajar, which included two outer sections (current cultural center), Androni and the caravanserai (about 5,000 square meters). Gaz Borkhar Cultural Center was one of the historic houses of Boroumand in Gaz Borkhar owned by Mr. Heydar Ali Khan Boroumand and is currently named "Adib Boroumand Cultural Center".[12]
It has been famous for the past because of the fertileagricultural soil of the city of Gaz. The presence of numerous amenities in the area indicates a long and prolific people in agriculture. But due to consecutive droughts and the drilling of deep wells in the area close to the origin of thecannabis, and due to the lack of preservation and dredging, the city has suffered dehydration and stagnation of farmers. And the family is booming in the city of Gaz. Its major agricultural products produced in the past include:cereals,sugar beets, especiallymelons. Tree products include the cultivation of trees such aspistachios andgrapes.[13]
Due to the high qualityclay in the city and due to the antiquity of the city, the city has long been a center of construction and preparation ofpottery andmaterials, which specimen of theParthian andSassanid era and the discovered archaeological excavations on the hill. The ancient Gaz, dating back to the pre-Islamic era, is available in the Museum of Anthropology, as well as the multiplicity of pottery containers in recent decades, some of which have been available in themuseum.
But over time, the pottery industry in Gaz has moved more towards building materials and all brick products have become in various types, which has led to the city's brick kilns with about 70 automatic and hand-made factory. The Gaz city will become one of the hubs of Iran's brick industry, and according to officials and experts, about 20% of Iran's bricks will be produced in the city, which is exported to most countries in addition to domestic construction.[14]
The city of Gaz, with about seventy exhibitions of domestic and foreign crafts, has become one of the country's car shopping hubs.[14]
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