Qaranjik-e Khvajeh Khan
village in Iran
Qaranjik-e Khvajeh Khan (Persian: قرنجيك خواجه خان) is a village in Qezel Alan Rural District of Goldasht District in Gomishan County, Golestan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,574 in 542 households, when it was in Jafarbay-ye Sharqi Rural District of the former Gomishan District in Torkaman County. The following census in 2011 counted 3,193 people in 715 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Gomishan County. The rural district was transferred to the new Goldasht District, and Qaranjik-e Khvajeh Khan was transferred to Qezel Alan Rural District created in the same district. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,414 people in 965 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Qaranjik-e Khvajeh Khan” as village in Iran. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
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 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6519078. Authority coordinates are 36.983, 54.325. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. 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.
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- 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 “Qaranjik-e Khvajeh Khan”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Qaranjik-e Khvajeh Khan primary sources, Qaranjik-e Khvajeh Khan archive and Qaranjik-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?
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This entry incorporates text from “Qaranjik-e Khvajeh Khan” 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.