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Machan Rural District

rural district in Sistan and Baluchestan province, 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 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ85970716 ↗
Source-derived summary

Machan Rural District (Persian: دهستان مچان) is in Kishkur District of Sarbaz County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Machan, whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 377 in 102 households.

History

In 2018, Kishkur Rural District was separated from the former Sarbaz District in the formation of Kishkur District, and Machan Rural District was created in the new district.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Machan Rural District” as rural district in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Machan, Rural and District.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016, 2018—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Machan, Rural and District providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Machan Rural District”, the useful work is to connect “rural district in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

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 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q85970716. Authority coordinates are 26.477, 60.946. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2016 and 2018.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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 “Machan Rural District”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Machan Rural District primary sources, Machan Rural District archive and Machan 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 “Machan Rural District”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Machan Rural District” 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.