Khansar
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Khvansar is a city in and the capital of Khvansar County, Isfahan Province, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 20,490, in 6,019 families.
The name Khansar comes from the Avestan language
. Khun means spring and sar means place, so khansar means place of the spring. The Khunsari
(Khwanshari): a northwestern Iranian language
is spoken in the city as well as Judeo-Khunsari: a Judæo-Persian language spoken in Khansar and elsewhere in the far-western Isfahan Province, of western Iran. The population include Khansaris and Judæo-Khunsaris.
(226 - 651). Khansar has been a scientific and educational center since the time of the Safavid dynasty and many great Shi’ite
scholars were educated there. Khansar has been a centre for training thinkers, poets, and especially theologians, for centuries.
which, however, does not keep longer than a month. Khansar has famous hand-woven rugs called Weis in polygonal shapes. The most important places worth seeing in this city are: Hot spring
s and Mineral waters in Golestan Kooh, Sar Cheshmeh park, Cheshmeh (Spring
) Omid, east of Khansar, The Zoroastrian temple in Tir Kooh, Baba Pir , Baba Mohamed Castle, Shahzadeh Ahmad, Jame mosque, House of Abharis and Mariam Beygom school in Khansar city. Golestan kooh is a beautiful place to see in spring time, with a profusion of Fritillaria imperialis flowers. Hiking and skiing ih the nearby mountains is very popular.
east, near “Golha Gard” will reach to the Khomein River.
called Khansar for Hooka. The charcoals would be put on the Khansar tobacco without foil. Khansar has less smoke than the normal tobacco.
) is Gazz Angebin from which the name Gazz is derived. Gazz Angebin is indirectly extracted by an insect from a plant. The plants' scientific name is Astragalus
adscendens, a descendant of the phylum Papilianaceae. This thorny plant grows naturally in mountainous areas. The insect, (Cyamophila Dicora), from the phylum Psyllidae, sucks on the juice of the plant. The life-cycle of this insect lasts one year and consists of 4 parts, the last of which commences around mid-September and ends in mid-October. The mature insect is 2.5 mm long and 0.9 mm wide. The Gazz Angebin particles, when coming out of the body of the insect are in a thick liquid sticky form, gradually drying when exposed to the air and transforming into small, solid, sticky particles, remaining on top of the tree branches.
Gazz Angebin harvesting and collection is done using traditional devices such as the "Dawal", "Chutin" and selectors, usually made of wood and skin. The dry Gazz Angebin is a solid matter, fragile whitish-yellow and sometimes grey which becomes soft and sticky as a result of heat and moisture. Various pharmaceutical characteristics like coolness, laxation inducing, respiratory system inflammation and relaxation have been attributed to Gazz Angebin.
The principal centres of Gazz Angebin production in Iran is the mountainous pasture-lands of Khansar in Esfahan Province.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 20,490, in 6,019 families.
The name Khansar comes from the Avestan language
Avestan language
Avestan is an East Iranian language known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture, i.e. the Avesta, from which it derives its name...
. Khun means spring and sar means place, so khansar means place of the spring. The Khunsari
Khunsari language
Khunsari dialect is a Central dialect within the South Median branch of Northwestern Iranian languages, spoken in Khansar, a town in the west of Isfahan Province of Iran. Some of the oldest isoglosses include the development of Aryan palatals to fricatives: OIr...
(Khwanshari): a northwestern Iranian language
Iranian languages
The Iranian languages form a subfamily of the Indo-Iranian languages which in turn is a subgroup of Indo-European language family. They have been and are spoken by Iranian peoples....
is spoken in the city as well as Judeo-Khunsari: a Judæo-Persian language spoken in Khansar and elsewhere in the far-western Isfahan Province, of western Iran. The population include Khansaris and Judæo-Khunsaris.
History
According to existing historical evidence, the city is over 2000 years old, it has been in existence since the Sassanid EmpireSassanid Empire
The Sassanid Empire , known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr and Ērān in Middle Persian and resulting in the New Persian terms Iranshahr and Iran , was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty from 224 to 651...
(226 - 651). Khansar has been a scientific and educational center since the time of the Safavid dynasty and many great Shi’ite
Shi'a Islam
Shia Islam is the second largest denomination of Islam. The followers of Shia Islam are called Shi'ites or Shias. "Shia" is the short form of the historic phrase Shīʻatu ʻAlī , meaning "followers of Ali", "faction of Ali", or "party of Ali".Like other schools of thought in Islam, Shia Islam is...
scholars were educated there. Khansar has been a centre for training thinkers, poets, and especially theologians, for centuries.
Attractions
Khansar is famous for its honey and flower-filled gardens. There is a great profusion of fruit, the apples yielding a kind of ciderCider
Cider or cyder is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from apple juice. Cider varies in alcohol content from 2% abv to 8.5% abv or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, such as Germany and America, cider may be termed "apple wine"...
which, however, does not keep longer than a month. Khansar has famous hand-woven rugs called Weis in polygonal shapes. The most important places worth seeing in this city are: Hot spring
Hot spring
A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earth's crust. There are geothermal hot springs in many locations all over the crust of the earth.-Definitions:...
s and Mineral waters in Golestan Kooh, Sar Cheshmeh park, Cheshmeh (Spring
Spring (hydrosphere)
A spring—also known as a rising or resurgence—is a component of the hydrosphere. Specifically, it is any natural situation where water flows to the surface of the earth from underground...
) Omid, east of Khansar, The Zoroastrian temple in Tir Kooh, Baba Pir , Baba Mohamed Castle, Shahzadeh Ahmad, Jame mosque, House of Abharis and Mariam Beygom school in Khansar city. Golestan kooh is a beautiful place to see in spring time, with a profusion of Fritillaria imperialis flowers. Hiking and skiing ih the nearby mountains is very popular.
Khansar River
Khansar River comes from the mountains of Khansar and after entering Golpayegan field connects to Ghamrood, and becomes known as “Kharghab”. This river is 23 km of KhomeinKhomein
Khomeyn is a city in and the capital of Khomeyn County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 64,031, in 17,399 families....
east, near “Golha Gard” will reach to the Khomein River.
Famous people from Khansar
- Hacham Uriel DavidiHacham Uriel DavidiHacham Uriel Davidi Khansari was a famous Jewish religious leader and theologian, who was born in Khansar and died in the Neve Yaakov section of Jerusalem, Israel, where he had spent the last 12 years of is life. He was descended from a long line of rabbis who preceded him in leading the Jewish...
: (1922–2006 ):Famous Jewish Hacham - Adib KhansariAdib KhansariAdib Khansari was an Iranian musician.-Biography:He started music from childhood when his first music teacher was Andalib Golpaygani in Khansar. When he was 18 he moved to Isfahan, famous for gathering of Iranian musicians in the 1920s.In 1921 he was a student of Nayeb Asadollah...
(1901–1982): classical Iranian Music - Mahmoudi Khansari (1933–1987): Greatest Master in classical Iranian Music
- Yadollah Kaboli KhansariYadollah Kaboli KhansariYadollah Kaboli Khansari is a calligrapher from Khansar, Iran. He is a member of the board of The Trustees of the Society of Iranian Calligraphists and also a holds a First Degree art's Certificate.-Published books:...
(1949-): Calligrapher - Aliakbar Mirshafiei (1954-): Architect and Painter
- Seyyed Ahmad KhansariSeyyed Ahmad KhansariHaj Seyyed Ahmad Khansari, son of Seyyed Yusef Khansari, was one of the conspicuous jurisprudents.He was born in a religious family in Khansar City on 18th Moharam 1309 . He studied Mathematics, Primary Sciences and Seminary lectures in Khansar. To continue his studies he went to Isfahan...
: a theologianShi'a - Mohammad Javad ZARIF-Khonsari : Permanent Iranian Representative to the United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... - Dr Mehrdad Khonsari, is senior research consultant at the Centre for Arab and Iranian studies in London
- Dr Seyyed Ali Mirbagheri : Deputy of Interior Minister
- Ali ShojaeiAli Shojaei-International career:He played for the Iran national football team and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup as a member of the squad.-References:**...
: Iranian football player,Iranian National football team - Nima Khansari :is the renowned chef of Dizzy's Club Coca–Cola in New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
City.He has been written up in the New York Times, the New York SunNew York SunThe New York Sun was a weekday daily newspaper published in New York City from 2002 to 2008. When it debuted on April 16, 2002, adopting the name, motto, and masthead of an otherwise unrelated earlier New York paper, The Sun , it became the first general-interest broadsheet newspaper to be started...
and the Boston Globe. - Seyyed Hosein Mirbagheri : University Professor
- Omid KhansariOmid KhansariOmid Hussein Bertil Mohammadian Khansari is a Swedish actor. He studied at NAMA in Malmö 1998–2002.-Selected filmography:*Kommissarie Späck * 2009 – Babben & Co* 2008 – Oskyldigt dömd...
: Actor,born in 1979 Tampa, Florida, USA (Actor, Vampyrer (2008) - Parviz Khansari:(Actor, Lalehe atashin (1962))
- Nikzad Khansari: (Art Director, Alonso's Deadline (2007))
- Bahar Khonsari :(Visual Effects, Mr. Reaper's Really Bad Morning (2004))
- Kamin Khonsari :(Transportation Department, My Dog Vincent (1998))
- Navid Khonsari :(Actor, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG))
- Vassiliki Khonsari :(Cinematographer, Our House (2003))
- Ali Khonsari :(Actor, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) (VG))
- Ramin Khonsari :(Actor, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) (VG))
- Fakhreddin Azimi :(Author,Historian)
Colleges and universities
- Khansar University of Mathematics & Computer Science
- Payamnoor University of Khansar
- Amozeshkade dokhtarane - Women's technical university
- Amozeshkade pesaraneh - Men's technical university
Khansar Tobacco
Special tobaccoTobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
called Khansar for Hooka. The charcoals would be put on the Khansar tobacco without foil. Khansar has less smoke than the normal tobacco.
Khansar Gazz
One of the main ingredients of Gazz (NougatNougat
Nougat is a variety of similar traditional confectioneries made with sugar and/or honey, roasted nuts , and sometimes chopped candied fruit. The consistency of nougat can range from soft and chewy to hard and crunchy depending on its composition, and it is used in a variety of candy bars and...
) is Gazz Angebin from which the name Gazz is derived. Gazz Angebin is indirectly extracted by an insect from a plant. The plants' scientific name is Astragalus
Astragalus
Astragalus is a large genus of about 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
adscendens, a descendant of the phylum Papilianaceae. This thorny plant grows naturally in mountainous areas. The insect, (Cyamophila Dicora), from the phylum Psyllidae, sucks on the juice of the plant. The life-cycle of this insect lasts one year and consists of 4 parts, the last of which commences around mid-September and ends in mid-October. The mature insect is 2.5 mm long and 0.9 mm wide. The Gazz Angebin particles, when coming out of the body of the insect are in a thick liquid sticky form, gradually drying when exposed to the air and transforming into small, solid, sticky particles, remaining on top of the tree branches.
Gazz Angebin harvesting and collection is done using traditional devices such as the "Dawal", "Chutin" and selectors, usually made of wood and skin. The dry Gazz Angebin is a solid matter, fragile whitish-yellow and sometimes grey which becomes soft and sticky as a result of heat and moisture. Various pharmaceutical characteristics like coolness, laxation inducing, respiratory system inflammation and relaxation have been attributed to Gazz Angebin.
The principal centres of Gazz Angebin production in Iran is the mountainous pasture-lands of Khansar in Esfahan Province.