Estir
Estir (Persian: استير, also Romanized as Estīr; also known as Sūder) is a village in Qasabeh-ye Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Sabzevar County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 781, in 258 families.
A brief history
Estir was a Jewish village in northeast Iran which has been named after Esther, the Jewish queen of the Persian king Xerxes I.
References
- ^ Estir can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3062447" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
- ^ Vahooman, Haroon (2009–2010). Persian codex itineraries I. Tehran: Akhtaran Press. p. 650.
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