Khakestar

For other places with the same name, see Chahar Rah.

Khakestar
Persian: خاكستر
Village and Historical Settlement
Khakestar
Coordinates: 37°03′12″N 59°26′59″E / 37.05333°N 59.44972°E / 37.05333; 59.44972[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceRazavi Khorasan
CountyKalat
DistrictHezarmasjed
Rural DistrictLayen
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
21
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Khakestar (Persian: خاکستر)[a] is a village, historical settlement, and caravanserai in Layen Rural District[4] of Hezarmasjed District in Kalat County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.

Khakestar is in Khorasan in the mountains that now separate Iran from Turkmenistan.[5] [6] Formerly a customs post on the border between Qajar Iran and Imperial Russia,[5] it is on the banks of the Layen stream, which flows down from there to Kaakhka in Turkmenistan.[7] It is surrounded by hills with a large sugar loaf-shaped mountain on one side, and it has a spring.[8]

History

The 11th-century Seljuk emir Savtegin was born at Khakestar, and he later built a ribat (i.e. caravanserai) here.[9]

In the late 1800s, Mirza Reza Khan Arfa od-Dowleh visited the village of Khakestar after hearing a story about its inhabitants' longevity.[8] He wrote that it was close enough to Quchan that someone could leave Quchan in the morning, eat lunch in Khakestar, and be back in Quchan by the evening.[8] Its buildings were made of mud, with roofs variously made from wood or reeds.[8] There were 80 families and many of the villagers were old; there was virtually no surplus food production; when young people matured and married they would emigrate from the village.[8] In years where the harvest was good, their diet consisted of wheat bread and dairy products: milk, cheese, and yogurt.[8] When the wheat harvest was poor, they would eat barley bread.[8] Their main subsistence was from keeping livestock and selling wool in the markets at Quchan or Shirvan; they had no fruit orchards and bought fruit, clothes, and dishes at the markets.[8]

In 1918, the British agent Reginald Teague-Jones stopped at Khakestar on his way from Mashhad into Russian territory; at that time, Khakestar was a quarantine post for travellers coming into Iran from Russia, where there was an outbreak of cholera at the time.[5]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Censuses, the village's population was below the reporting threshold, when it was in Hezarmasjed Rural District of the Central District.[10][11] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 21 people in nine households.[3]

In 2021, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of Hezarmasjed District, and Khakestar was transferred to Layen Rural District created in the new district.[4]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

  1. ^ Also romanized as Khākestar; also known as Rībāt-i-Khākistar

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (3 March 2026). "Chahar Rah, دهستان لاین [Layen Rural District], Markazi District of Kalat County, Kalat County, Razavi Khorasan, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  2. ^ "3C3X+8VQ Khakestar, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b Jahangiri, Eshaq (5 May 2021) [مصوب (Approved) 1400,02,15) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص تقسيمات كشوري در شهرستان كلات استان خراسان رضوي [‌Letter of approval regarding national divisions in Kalat County, Razavi Khorasan province]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 59437. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  5. ^ a b c Minassian, Taline Ter (2014). Most Secret Agent of Empire: Reginald Teague-Jones, Master Spy of the Great Game. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190257491. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  6. ^ Adamec, Ludwig W. (1976). Historical Gazetteer of Iran: Meshed and Northeastern Iran. p. 571. ISBN 9783201011594. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  7. ^ Yate, Charles Edward (1900). Khurasan and Sistan. William Blackwood and Sons. p. 161. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Mirza Reza Khan Arfa od-Dowleh; Noël-Clarke, Michael (translator) (2016). Memories of a Bygone Age: Qajar Persia and Imperial Russia 1853-1902. Gingko Library. ISBN 9781909942875. Retrieved 11 April 2022. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ Peacock, A.C.S. (2015). The Great Seljuk Empire. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748698073. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  10. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  11. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Razavi Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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