Jamkaran

Jamkaran
Jamkarān
village
Jamkaran
Coordinates: 34°35′04″N 50°54′27″E / 34.58444°N 50.90750°E / 34.58444; 50.90750Coordinates: 34°35′04″N 50°54′27″E / 34.58444°N 50.90750°E / 34.58444; 50.90750
Country  Iran
Province Qom
County Qom
Bakhsh Central
Population (2006)
 • Total 8,368
Time zone UTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
Jamkaran at GEOnet Names Server

Jamkaran (Persian: Jamkarān‎; also Romanized as Jamkarān, Jamgarān, Jam-i-Karān, and Jam‘karān)[1] is a village in Qanavat Rural District, in the Central District of Qom County, Qom Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,368, in 1,747 families.[2]

Jamkaran is located on the outskirts of Qom, and is the site of the Jamkaran Mosque, a popular pilgrimage site for Shia Muslims from all over the world. Shia belief has it that Muhammad al-Mahdi—the Twelfth Imam, a figure from Shia eschatology who will lead the world to an era of universal peace—once appeared and offered prayers at Jamkaran. On Tuesday evenings large crowds of thousands gather at Jamkaran to pray and to drop a note to the Imam in a well at the site, asking for help with some problem.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Jamkaran can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3067673" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
  3. ↑ Majd, Hooman, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ : The Paradox of Modern Iran, by Hooman Majd, Doubleday, 2008, p.83-4
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