- Fereydoon Shahr
Fereydoon Shahr or Fereydunshahr, the center of
Fereydunshahr County is a city in the western part of theIsfahan province ofIran . It is situated inside theZagros mountain range. It has one of the country's largest population of ethnic Georgians (ფერეიდნელი). People from Fereydunshahr speak a Georgian-Persian dialect, along with Persian. The Georgian alphabet is also used.References
*Muliani, S. (2001) Jaygah-e Gorjiha dar Tarikh va Farhang va Tammadon-e Iran. Esfahan: Yekta [ The Georgians’ position in the Iranian history and civilization] .
*Rahimi, M.M. (2001) Gorjiha-ye Iran; Fereydunshahr. Esfahan: Yekta [The Georgians of Iran; Fereydunshahr] .
*Sepiani, M. (1980) Iranian-e Gorji. Esfahan: Arash [Georgian Iranians] .
*Esfahan's tourist exhibition, mentiones the Georgians from Fereydunshahr and Fereydan.The report of this exhibition is available in the web site of the Iranian Cultural Heritage News agency at: [http://www.chn.ir/news/?Section=1&id=12497] .
*Saakashvili visited Fereydunshahr and put flowers on the graves of the Iranian Georgian martyrs' graves, showing respect towards this community [http://www.iran-newspaper.com/1383/830420/html/internal.htm] .See also
Georgians in Iran
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