Kargan Rud District

For the administrative division of Minab County in Hormozgan province, see Kargan Rural District.

Kargan Rud District
Persian: بخش کرگان‌رود
District
Kargan Rud District is located in Iran
Kargan Rud District
Kargan Rud District
Coordinates: 38°00′47″N 48°45′43″E / 38.01306°N 48.76194°E / 38.01306; 48.76194[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceGilan
CountyTalesh
CapitalLisar
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total26,508
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kargan Rud District (Persian: بخش کرگان‌رود) is in Talesh County, Gilan province, in northwestern Iran. Its capital is the city of Lisar.[3] The dialect of Kargan Rud is a variety of Talysh.[4] The area was historically part of the Karganrud Khanate. It was created after the Russo-Persian War, when Fath 'Ali Shah divided Persian Talesh among 5 prominent families to weaken Mir Mostafa Khan's power.[5][6]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (10 October 2023). "Kargan Rud District (Talesh County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Aref, Mohammad Reza (22 March 1381). "Divisional reforms in Gilan province". Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. ^ Asatrian, Garnik and Habib Borjian, 2005. Talish: people and language: The state of research. Iran and the Caucasus 9/1, p 43-72
  5. ^ Asatrian, Garnik; Borjian, Habib (2005). "Talish and the Talishis (The State of Research)". Iran & the Caucasus. 9 (1): 45. ISSN 1609-8498.
  6. ^ Rabino, H. L. (1920). "Rulers of Gilan: Rulers of Gaskar, Tul and Naw, Persian Talish, Tulam, Shaft, Rasht, Kuhdum, Kuchisfahan, Daylaman, Ranikuh, and Ashkawar, in Gilan, Persia". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (3): 280–282. ISSN 0035-869X.