Naz̧arlū, Iran

History

Nazarlu was developed and turned into a large and flourished village during the Qajar era. A large area and appropriate resources made it of great importance for Khans (lords and princes before the Pahlavi era who owned the farmlands in Iran), and sometimes several lords shared it simultaneously. According to an old document from Iran's National Library, four other villages in Marand were exchanged for Nazarlu by Haji Hoseinqoli Khan Nezam-o-Doleh Donbali, governor of Tabriz city at the time.

As is quoted from old residents of Nazarlu, there was a series of old houses and gardens around it during the Qajar era, which had become abandoned and called Kode lands. The old Nazarlu was limited to these lands, today's Motahari St. in the east and Seyedlar Alley in the north. This was so until a group from Tabriz came there in mid-1330 (Hijri Shamsi) and made Koda a prosperous land by digging wells that provided a water supply. After a few years, these lands were bought by Nazarlu's people and joined to it.

There were also two ancient cemeteries in Nazarlu, one in Pir Moosa lands next to today's medical center and another in the location of today's Shahid Madani Elementary School. In an astonishing story, it is said that in the latter one, bodies were buried over each other in the underground cellars.

From the History section of Nazarlu on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.