Ahar

Ahar (Persian: اهر‎‎, Azerbaijani: 'Əhər - اهر') is a city in and the capital of Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. According to the 2006 census, Ahar was the fifth most populated city of the province with a population of 85,782 in 20,844 families. Ahar was the capital of Karadag Khanate in 18th and 19th centuries.

Situation

In the wake of Russo-Persian War (1804–13) Ahar, with 3500 inhabitants, was the only city of Qaradağ. Around the mid 1830s the population was estimated to be from five to six thousand inhabitants in about six hundred houses. By 1956 the population had increased to 19816. At the 2006 census, its population was 85,782, in 20,844 families. Despite this population boom the city has been losing its former importance to the much smaller neighboring Kaleybar city as the later is gaining nationwide fame as a tourist destination.

Appellation

In early nineteenth century, James Morier, who visited Ahar, proposed the following idea, "There appears to be in the name of Ahar a better ground for conjecture that it is Hara, one of the three cities mentioned in 1 Chronicles, v. 26., to which the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half tribe of Manasseh were carried away by Tilgath Pilneser, King of Assyria, than Tarom or Tarim, which Major Rennel has adopted in his luminous disquisition concerning the disposal of the Jewish tribes. -f The letters which exist in Hara also exist in Ahar; and a transposition of syllables or letters having nearly the same sounds, is common in the East: such as Lezgee for Legzee, Corbal for Colbar; Tilgath Pilneser, is also written Tiglath Pileser." Subsequently, other writers, for instance Edward Farr, found Morier's conjecture plausible.

Çahar

Çahar (also, Chakhar) is a village and municipality in the Imishli Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,156.

References

Ahar, India

Ahar is a village situated in the Anupshahr Mandal of the Bulandshahr District in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 11.98 kilometres from the Mandal headquarters in Anupshahr and is 39.09 kilometres from the district headquarters in Bulandshahar. There are 70% Muslims in this village in this time.the all cast are available both religions. Ahar is the famous teerth of Hindu muslims and Sikhs.there are twelve mosque and eid gaah in this village. Ahar is perhaps the most ancient settlement in Bulandshahr District, and is at the centre of a region where the Nagar Brahmins have been the dominant community for time immemorial. In fact, most of the region around the town of Ahar was held by the Gujarati or Nagar Brahmins prior to the Muslim conquest of the region in the 11th Century. These Nagar are widespread Brahmin sub-caste, who have always been connected with the Doab, the region in which Bulandshahr District is situated. During the rule of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, several families converted to Islam, and were granted estates. As the Nagar played a key role in the 1857 War of Independence, most of their estates were confiscated. They were led by Sohrab Khan, who set himself up as the independent ruler, taking advantage of the collapse of British authority.