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Maragheh (Marāghé or Marāgha, Azeri:مراغه ) is a city in Northern Iran on the bank of the river Safi Chay. It is located in East Azarbaijan Province at, 130 km from Tabriz and has a population of 300,000.(External Link

) Maragheh is an ancient city situated in a narrow valley running nearly north and south at the eastern extremity of a well-cultivated plain opening towards Lake Urmia, which lies 30 km to the west. The town is encompassed by a high wall ruined in many places, and has four gates. Two stone bridges in good condition, said to have been constructed during the reign of Hulaku Khan (1217-1265), who made Maragheh the capital of the Ilkhanate Empire. Shortly thereafter it became the seat of the Church of the East Patriarch Mar Yaballaha III. The place is surrounded by extensive vineyards and orchards, all well watered by canals led from the river, and producing great quantities of fruit. The hills west of the town consist of horizontal strata of sandstone covered with irregular pieces of basalt.
One of the famous burial towers, the Gonbad-e-Kabud (Blue Tower, 1197) is decorated with decorative patterns resembling Penrose tiles.
Its marble, which is known throughout Iran as Maragha marble, is a travertine obtained at the village of Dashkasan near Azarshahr about 50 km north-west from Maragheh. It is deposited from water, which bubbles up from a number of springs in the form of horizontal layers, which at first are thin crusts and can easily be broken, but gradually solidify and harden into blocks with a thickness of about 20 cm. It is a singularly beautiful substance, being of pink, greenish, or milk-white color, streaked with reddish copper-colored veins. It is exported and sold worldwide under such names as Azarshar Red or Yellow. Late Miocene strata near Maragheh have produced rich harvests of vertebrate fossils for European and North American museums. A multi-national team reopened the foissil site in 2008.http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=685698 "International paleontologists team up for research on fossil-rich Iranian site"] Mehrnews.com. Accessed 18 May 2008.

Maragha observatory

Maragheh observatory called Rasad Khaneh, constructed under the direction Hulaku Khan for Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. The building, which no doubt served as a citadel as well, enclosed a space of 340 by 135 meters, and the foundations of the walls were 13 to 2 meters in thickness. The observations were compiled in the Zij-i Ilkhani, which influenced Copernicus. The remans inspired Ulugh Beg to construct his observatory in SamarkandFamous people from Maragheh

Ala'uddin Qizil Arslan (†1191), ruler of Maragha, Nezami dedicated to him the "Haft Paikar"
Mo'ayyeduddin Urdi (d. 1266), developed the Urdi lemma later used in the Copernican model
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, developed the Tusi-couple later used in the Copernican model
'Umar al-Katibi al-Qazwini (d. 1277), described a heliocentric model
Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236-1311), discussed the possibility of heliocentrism
Sadr al-Sharia al-Bukhari (c. 1347)
Ibn al-Shatir (1304-1375), his reformation of the geocentric model was later used in the Copernican model
A'bd alqader ibn Ghaibi al Hafiz al Maraghi († 1434)
Ali al-Qushji (d. 1474)
Shams al-Din al-Khafri (16th century), the last major astronomer of Maragha
Mohammad Sa'ed (1883-1973), Prime Minister of Iran
Bulut Qarachorlu (1907-1979), Azeri poet
Dr. Moshen Hashtroodi, mathematician
Maragei Ovhedi, Azeri poet
Zayn al-’Abedin Maraghe’i
Dakhil, Mullah Hosein of Maraghe

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