Padegan-e Chehel Dokhtar
village in Semnan province, Iran
Padegan-e Chehel Dokhtar (Persian: پادگان چهل دختر) is a village in Kalateh Hay-ye Gharbi Rural District of Bastam District in Shahrud County, Semnan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 493 in 133 households. The following census in 2011 counted 496 people in 146 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,902 people in 150 households, the most populous in its rural district.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Padegan-e Chehel Dokhtar” is village in Semnan province, Iran. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Padegan-e, Chehel and Dokhtar, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “village in Semnan province, 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.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5952817. Authority coordinates are 36.710, 55.303. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Padegan-e Chehel Dokhtar”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Padegan-e Chehel Dokhtar primary sources, Padegan-e Chehel Dokhtar archive and Padegan-e research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Padegan-e Chehel Dokhtar” 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.