Sagezabad
city in Qazvin Province, Iran
Sagezabad (Persian: سِگزآباد) is a city in the Central District of Buin Zahra County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Sagezabad Rural District. The village of Sagezabad was converted to a city in 2005.
Demographics
Language
Sagezabad is a Tati-speaking city.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,953 in 1,324 households. The following census in 2011 counted 5,440 people in 1,578 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,492 people in 1,664 households.
In literature
The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi listed Sagezabad as one of the main villages in the territory of Qazvin.
Archaeology
Significant ancient settlements Tepe Sagzabad, Tepe Ghabristan, and Teppe Zagheh are located in the area just north of Sagezabad.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Sagezabad” as city in Qazvin Province, 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 city in Qazvin Province, 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 Dec 20, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2421146. Authority coordinates are 35.773, 49.938. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2016.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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 “Sagezabad”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Sagezabad primary sources, Sagezabad archive and Sagezabad 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
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Sagezabad”?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Sagezabad” 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.