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Shotor Khoft

village in 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 revisionJun 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ5832573
Source-derived summary

Shotor Khoft (Persian: شترخفت) is a village in Khaveh-ye Shomali Rural District of Khaveh District in Delfan County, Lorestan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 703 in 162 households, when it was in the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 882 people in 226 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 705 people in 192 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Khaveh District.

Editorial summary

“Shotor Khoft” enters the record as village in Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Shotor, Khoft and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 2011, 2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Shotor, Khoft and village.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Shotor Khoft” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Shotor, Khoft and village provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

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 Jun 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5832573. Authority coordinates are 34.092, 48.046. 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.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. 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 “Shotor Khoft”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Shotor Khoft primary sources, Shotor Khoft archive and Shotor 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 “Shotor Khoft”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Shotor Khoft” 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.