- Taleghan
Taleghan is the name of a very nice area in
Iran meaning "separators".The Taleghan in Iran is a cluster of several small villages inQazvin province on the west, and in theAlborz mountains inTehran province on the north side. The area is famous for its mild, sunny summers and cold winters.Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar is quoted as saying of Taleghan weather: "Har che dar Tehran harf ast, dar inja barf ast" (whenever there is talk (of snow) in Tehran, there is snow here). [taleghan.net state that Farhad Mirza Mo'tamedoddole - one of the Nasere'ddin Shah's uncles - actually came up with the witticism which went: "Mata'e in velayat (taleghan) dar inhengam sard o ruz bard o bard ast, harche dar Tehran harf ast, dar inja BARF ast." source: taleghan.net, edited by Nima Asgari]Shahrak is the central town of Taleghan. While not large, it has a petrol station, sports centres, schools and stores. Some of the villages in Taleghan include: Fashandak , Barikan , Avanak, Mohsenabad, Donbelid, Gatteh-deh, Gazinan, Gelinak, Geliard, Harandj, Hassanjoon, Joozan, Karkabood, Khosban, Kooladj, Minavand, Segran, segran-chall, Sefech-khani, Sowhan etc. Several famous people came from Taleghan; such as : the well-known Iranian revolutionary clergy Ayatolah seyed Mahmud Alaie Taleghani , Darvish khan (famous musician) , Darvish abdolmajid (khate shekaste creator) , jalale ale ahmad , ...
External links
* [http://digitalspirit.blogspot.com/2007/05/taleghan-is-beautiful-village-near.html Taleghan travel review]
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