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Ebrahimabad, Zarandiyeh

village in Markazi, Iran

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ5332035 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ebrahimabad (Persian: ابراهیم‌آباد) is a village in Rahmatabad Rural District of Zaviyeh District in Zarandiyeh County, Markazi province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 22 in five households, when it was in Hakimabad Rural District of the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 14 people in four households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 15 people in five households.

In 2021, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of Zaviyeh District. Ebrahimabad was transferred to Rahmatabad Rural District created in the new district.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ebrahimabad, Zarandiyeh” is village in Markazi, Iran. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ebrahimabad, Zarandiyeh and village, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. 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. For this dossier, Ebrahimabad, Zarandiyeh and village is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village in Markazi, Iran” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5332035. Authority coordinates are 35.531, 50.532. 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 “Ebrahimabad, Zarandiyeh”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ebrahimabad, Zarandiyeh primary sources, Ebrahimabad, Zarandiyeh archive and Ebrahimabad 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 “Ebrahimabad, Zarandiyeh”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Ebrahimabad, Zarandiyeh” 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.