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Hamadan (hämädän`), city (1991 pop. 349,653), capital of Hamadan prov., W Iran, at the foot of Mt. Alwand. Located at an altitude of 6,000 ft (1,829 m), it is the trade center for a fertile farm region where fruit and grain are grown. The city is noted for its rugs, leatherwork, textiles, chemicals, and wood and metal products. In ancient times, as Hangmatana or Agbatana, it was a capital of Media Media (mē`dēə), ancient country of W Asia whose actual boundaries cannot be defined, occupying generally what is now W Iran and ..... Click the link for more information. . It was known to the Greeks as Ecbatana Ecbatana (ĕkbăt`ənə, ĕkbətä`nə) ..... Click the link for more information. . In the 7th cent. Hamadan passed to the Arabs, and it was later held by the Seljuk Turks (12th–13th cent.) and the Mongols (13th–14th cent.). The city has had a Jewish colony for many years; the reputed tombs of Mordecai and Esther (see Esther Esther (ĕs`tər), book of the Bible. It is the tale of the beautiful Jewish woman Esther [Heb. ..... Click the link for more information. , book of the Bible) are there. Avicenna Avicenna (ăvĭsĕn`ə), Arabic Ibn Sina, 980–1037, Islamic philosopher and physician, of Persian origin, b. ..... Click the link for more information. , the physician and philosopher, is buried in Hamadan. |
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We can't live there the way we live here,'' said Janet Djalilmand, 45, of Encino, whose parents were raised in Hamadan, birthplace of Esther, the great biblical woman and Persian-Jewish matriarch. On the morning of 20 February, the now battered convoy of vehicles, turned south, arriving back at Hamadan on 25 February. Two weeks after the last protesters were corralled into Iranian paddy wagons, Khatami crushed the hopes of thousands of students in a speech in the city of Hamadan. |
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