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Bardbol, Shirvan

village in Iran

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ4860102
Source-derived summary

Bardbol (Persian: بردبل) is a village in Shirvan-e Gharbi Rural District of Shirvan District in Borujerd County, Lorestan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 29 in seven households, when it was in Shirvan Rural District of the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 31 people in eight households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 28 people in seven households.

In 2021, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of Shirvan District and renamed Shirvan-e Sharqi Rural District. Bardbol was transferred to Shirvan-e Gharbi Rural District created in the new district.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Bardbol, Shirvan” as village in Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bardbol, Shirvan and village.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 2011, 2016, 2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bardbol, Shirvan and village providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Bardbol, Shirvan”, the useful work is to connect “village in Iran” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4860102. Authority coordinates are 33.843, 48.935. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Bardbol, Shirvan”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bardbol, Shirvan primary sources, Bardbol, Shirvan archive and Bardbol research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Bardbol, Shirvan”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from Bardbol, Shirvan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.