Baba Qodrat
village in Esfarayen County, Iran
Baba Qodrat (Persian: باباقدرت) is a village in Sarigol Rural District of Bam District in Bam and Safiabad County, North Khorasan province, Iran.
The village is located next to the Baba Ghodrat Shrine, the mausoleum of Baba Hossein. The tomb is located in a converted cave. Its chapel has a 9-meter dome visible in an excavated trench on top of the hill above the shrine.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 16 in five households, when it was in Bam Rural District of Bam and Safiabad District in Esfarayen County. The following censuses in 2011 and 2016 counted a population below the reporting threshold.
In 2023, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Bam and Safiabad County and renamed the Central District. The rural district was transferred to the new Bam District, and Baba Qodrat was transferred to Sarigol Rural District created in the same district.
“Baba Qodrat” enters the record as village in Esfarayen County, Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Baba, Qodrat and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4837371. Authority coordinates are 36.928, 57.736. 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 2023.
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