Timeline of Hamadan

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hamadan, Iran.

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## Prior to 20th century

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History of Iran

Prehistoric period

BCE / BC |  Baradostian culture|  c. 36,000–18,000

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Zarzian culture|  c. 20,000–10,000
Shulaveri–Shomu culture|  c. 6000–5000
Zayandeh River Culture|  c. 6th millennium
Dalma culture|  c. 5th millennium

Ancient period

|  Kura–Araxes culture|  3400–2000

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Helmand culture/Jiroft culture|  c. 3300–2200
Proto-Elamite|  3200–2700
Lullubi Kingdom/Zamua|  c. 3100–675
Elam|  2700–539
Marhaši|  c. 2550–2020
Oxus Civilization|  c. 2400–1700
Akkadian Empire|  2400–2150
Kassites|  c. 1500–1155
Avestan period|  c. 1500–500
Neo-Assyrian Empire|  911–609
Urartu|  860–590
Mannaea|  850–616
Zikirti|  750–521
Saparda|  720–670

Imperial period

|  Median Empire|  678–550 BC

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Scythian Kingdom|  652–625 BC
Anshanite Kingdom|  635 BC–550 BC
Neo-Babylonian Empire|  626 BC–539 BC
Sogdia|  c. 6th century BC–11th century AD
Achaemenid Empire|  550 BC–330 BC
Kingdom of Armenia|  331 BC–428 AD
Atropatene|  c. 323 BC–226 AD
Kingdom of Cappadocia|  320s BC–17 AD
Seleucid Empire|  312 BC–63 BC
Kingdom of Pontus|  281 BC–62 BC
Fratarakas|  3rd-century BC–132 BC
Parthian Empire|  247 BC–224 AD
Elymais|  147 BC–224 AD
Characene|  141 BC–222 AD
Kings of Persis|  132 BC–224 AD
Indo-Parthian Kingdom|  19 AD–224/5
Paratarajas|  125–300
Sasanian Empire|  224–651
Zarmihrids|  6th century–785
Qarinvandids|  550s–11th century

Medieval period

CE / AD |  Rashidun Caliphate|  632–661

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Umayyad Caliphate|  661–750
Abbasid Caliphate|  750–1258
Dabuyids|  642–760
Bavandids|  651–1349
Masmughans of Damavand|  651–760
Baduspanids|  665–1598
Justanids|  791 – 11th century
Alid dynasties|  864 – 14th century
Tahirid dynasty|  821–873
Samanid Empire|  819–999
Saffarid dynasty|  861–1003
Ghurid dynasty|  pre-879 – 1215
Sajid dynasty|  889–929
Sallarid dynasty|  919–1062
Ziyarid dynasty|  930–1090
Ilyasids|  932–968
Buyid dynasty|  934–1062
Rawadid dynasty|  955–1070
Hasanwayhids|  959–1095
Ghaznavid dynasty|  977–1186
Annazids|  990/1–1117
Kakuyids|  1008–1141
Nasrid dynasty|  1029–1236
Shabankara|  1030–1355
Seljuk Empire|  1037–1194
Khwarazmian dynasty|  1077–1231
Nizari Ismaili state|  1090–1257
Eldiguzids|  1135–1225
Atabegs of Yazd|  1141–1319
Salghurids|  1148–1282
Hazaraspids|  1155–1424
Pishkinid dynasty|  1155–1231
Khorshidi dynasty|  1184–1597
Qutlugh-Khanids|  1223–1306
Eshaqvand Dynasty|  c. mid-13th century–1592
Mihrabanids|  1236–1537
Kurt dynasty|  1244–1396
Ilkhanate Empire|  1256–1335
Chobanid dynasty|  1335–1357
Muzaffarid dynasty|  1335–1393
Jalayirid Sultanate|  1337–1376
Sarbadars|  1337–1376
Injuids|  1335–1357
Afrasiyab dynasty|  1349–1504
Mar'ashis|  1359–1596
Timurid Empire|  1370–1507
Kar-Kiya dynasty|  1370s–1592
Qara Qoyunlu|  1406–1468
Aq Qoyunlu|  1468–1508

Early modern period

|  Safavid Iran|  1501–1736

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(Hotak dynasty)|  1722–1729
Afsharid Iran|  1736–1796
Zand dynasty|  1751–1794

Modern period

|  Qajar Iran|  1789–1925

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Pahlavi Iran|  1925–1979

Contemporary period

|  Iranian Revolution|  1979

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Interim Government|  1979
Islamic Republic|  1979–present

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* 640s - Arabs in power.[1]
* 806 - City besieged by forces of al-Amin.[1]
* 931 - City besieged by forces of Ziyarid Mardāvij.[1]
* 956 - Earthquake.[1]
* 976 - Buyid Mu'ayyad al-Dawla in power.
* 997 - Shams al-Dawla in power.[1]
* 1021 - Sama' al-Dawla in power.
* 1221 - City sacked by Mongols.[1]
* 1224 - City sacked by Mongols again.[1]
* 1315 - Gunbad-i Alayvian [fa] built (approximate date).[2]
* 1724 - City sacked by forces of Ahmad Pasha of Baghdad.[1]
* 1732 - City taken by forces of Nāder Shah Afšār; Ottomans ousted.[1]
* 1789 - Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar takes Hamadan.[1]
* 1838 - Congregational mosque built.[3]
* 1883 - Imamzadeh Hossein, Hamadan [fa] (shrine) built.

## 20th century

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* 1920 - Population: 30,000-40,000 (approximate estimate).[4]
* 1932 - Hamadan power plant [fa] built.[citation needed]
* 1933 - City redesigned to accommodate motorcars; central Meidun-e Emam Khomeini and 6 radiating boulevards laid out.[5]
* 1940 - Population: 103,874.[6]
* 1952 - Avicenna Mausoleum erected.[2]
* 1963 - Population: 114,610 (estimate).[7]
* 1970 - Baba Taher Mausoleum [fa] erected.[2]
* 1973 - Bu-Ali Sina University established.
* 1976 - Population: 164,785 city;[6] 229,977 urban agglomeration.[8]
* 1986 - Population: 272,499.[6]
* 1996 - Population: 401,281.[9]

## 21st century

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* 2007 - PAS Hamedan F.C. (football club) formed.
* 2009 - Shahid Mofatteh Stadium opens.[citation needed]
* 2011 - Population: 525,794.[10]
* 2013 - 14 June: Local election held.
* 2014 - Syed Mustafa Rasul becomes mayor.[11]

## See also

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* History of Hamadan [fa] (de)
* Ecbatana, ancient city at site of present-day Hamadan[12]
* Hamadan Province history
* Timelines of other cities in Iran: Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Kerman, Mashhad, Qom, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Yazd

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Aḏkāʾi 2012.
2. ^ a b c "(Hamadan)". ArchNet. Retrieved 19 February 2017 - via MIT Libraries. (See also 2012 archived version)
3. ^ Mousavi 2012.
4. ^ "Persia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 - via HathiTrust.
5. ^ Eshragh 2012.
6. ^ a b c Zanjani 2012.
7. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
8. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
9. ^ "Countries of the World: Iran". Statesman's Yearbook 2003. UK: Palgrave Macmillan. 2002. ISBN 978-0-333-98096-5.
10. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
11. ^ "معارفه سرپرست شهرداري همدان". Municipality.hamedan.ir (in Persian). Hamedan Municipality. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
12. ^ Watson 1996.

This article incorporates information from the Persian Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

## Bibliography

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### in English

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* "Hamadan", Persia: Report for the Year 1903-04 on the Trade of Kermanshah and District, Diplomatic and Consular Reports, London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1904, hdl:2027/uc1.b2872050
* Guy Le Strange (1905). "Jibal: (Hamadan)". Lands of the Eastern Caliphate. Cambridge University Press. pp. 194–196.
* A.V. Williams Jackson (1906), "(Hamadan)", Persia Past and Present: a Book of Travel and Research, New York: Macmillan, pp. 146–150
* W. Barthold (1984). "Ray and Hamadan". An Historical Geography of Iran. Translated by Svat Soucek. Princeton University Press. pp. 121–132\. ISBN 978-1-4008-5322-9.
* Noelle Watson, ed. (1996), "Hamadan", International Dictionary of Historic Places, Fitzroy Dearborn, pp. 319+, ISBN 9781884964039 (Mostly about ancient Ecbatana)
* Parviz Aḏkāʾi (2012). "Hamadan: History, Islamic Period". Encyclopædia Iranica.
* Abdolhamid Eshragh (2012). "Hamadan: Urban Plan". Encyclopædia Iranica.
* Ali Mousavi (2012). "Hamadan: Monuments". Encyclopædia Iranica. [1]
* Habibollah Zanjani (2012). "Hamadan: Population". Encyclopædia Iranica.

### in other languages

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* Farhad Khosrokhavar [in French] (1979). "Le Comité dans la révolution iranienne: le cas d'une ville moyenne, Hamadan". Peuples Méditerranéens (in French) (9): 85–100\. ISSN 0399-1253 - via Internet Archive.
* Parviz Aḏkāʾi (1994). Ketābšenāsi-e Hamadān (in Persian). Hamadān. OCLC 863471613.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (Bibliography)

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hamadan.

* "Hamadan". Encyclopædia Iranica.
* Items related to Hamadan, various dates (via Qatar Digital Library)
* "(Hamadan)". Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran. Harvard University. "Primary-source materials related to the social and cultural history of women's worlds in Qajar Iran"
* "(Hamadan)", Asnad.org: Digital Persian Archive, Philipps-Universität Marburg, "Image Database of Persian Historical Documents from Iran and Central Asia up to the 20th Century"
* Items related to Hamadan, various dates (via Europeana)

## Images

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* Imam Khomeini Square, Hamadan, laid out in 1933

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