Qaleh Beyg Qarah Cheshmeh قلعه بيگ قره چشمه | |
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village | |
  Qaleh Beyg Qarah Cheshmeh | |
| Coordinates: 37°36′23″N58°08′19″E / 37.60639°N 58.13861°E Coordinates: 37°36′23″N58°08′19″E / 37.60639°N 58.13861°E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | North Khorasan |
| County | Shirvan |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Sivkanlu |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 435 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Qaleh Beyg Qarah Cheshmeh (Persian : قلعه بيگ قره چشمه, also Romanized as Qal‘eh Beyg Qarah Cheshmeh; also known as Qal‘eh Beyg, Beyg, and Qal‘eh Bīg) [1] is a village in Sivkanlu Rural District, in the Central District of Shirvan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 435, in 112 families. [2]
Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi, is one of the Western Iranian languages within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is a pluricentric language primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and some other regions which historically were Persianate societies and considered part of Greater Iran. It is written right to left in the Persian alphabet, a modified variant of the Arabic script.
Sivkanlu Rural District is a rural district (dehestan) in the Central District of Shirvan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,501, in 1,877 families. The rural district has 28 villages.
The Central District of Shirvan County is a district (bakhsh) in Shirvan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 126,928, in 31,926 families. The District has two cities: Shirvan & Ziarat. The District has five rural districts (dehestan): Golian Rural District, Howmeh Rural District, Sivkanlu Rural District, Zavarom Rural District, and Ziarat Rural District.
The old village is north of the city of Shirvan, dating back more than 300 years, and its people speak Kurdish (Kermani). The population of this village is divided into three different clans, including: Kalajan, Shamalian and Thayan (Tayanlou).
Famous people of this village have been recorded in different periods of history. The most prominent person in the history of this village is Ismail Ghorbanian, who was one of the greatest commanders in the Nadir Shah's era, and was the only one in the Nadir Shah armies who never bowed to him. American historian Harold Lamb has mentioned this person in his book.
