| Nain نایین← |
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| Mosque of Nain: Na'in has one of Iran's oldest mosques still standing | |
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| Coordinates: 32°51′43″N 53°5′26″E / 32.86194°N 53.09056°E | |
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| Province | Esfahan Province |
Nā'in (Persian: نایین←, also transliterated Naeen), is a city in central Iran.
It has one of the earliest remaining mosques in Iran, and has a Sassanid era fort, now in ruins, called Narin Ghal'eh.
It extensively uses ab anbars, and has a population of less than 70,000 persons. Naein is most famous in the world for its rugs.
Governors
Mirza Seyyed Mahmoud Khan (around 1849-1850?)
Famous People from Naein
- Reja Ghanbari Naeini, Founder of Al Zahra Hospital for Women with Mental Retardation in Naein, Well know carpet trader and humanitarian. 1951-2007.
- Hassan Pirnia or Moshiroddoleh (Persian: حسن پيرنيا ملقب به مشيرالدوله←), Prime minister of Iran in Qajar Dynasty and author, 1871-1935.
- Dr. Hossein Fatemi, (Persian: دكتر حسين فاطمي←), Minister of foreign affairs in Mossadeq's cabinet, 1919-1954.
- Ali Kaffashian, president of the Iranian Football Federation
- mohammad Hosein Naeini, (Persian: محمدحسین نائینی←), One of the first Iraninan clergies questioning dictatorship in Iran, Author of the book Tanbih-ol-ommah va tanzih-ol-mellah, 1861-??.
- Dr. Seyed Gholamreza Jalali Naeini, President of the Iranian Ergonomics Society, Chairman of the Iranian Management Association and former UN official and ILO Chief Technical Advisor for SADC.
- Majid M. Naeini, Professor of Computer Science & Engineering/Author/Speaker[1]
External links
- NaeinNews.ir
- Naein News
- Pictures of Naein and its vicinity townships
- Photographs of Nā'in:
- — Nā'in: (1), (2).
- — Masjed-e Jāme'eh Nā'in: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8).
- — The Anthropological Museum of Nā'in: (1), (2).
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