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Bakhsh Zirdu

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 revisionMar 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ5782421
Source-derived summary

Bakhsh Zirdu (Persian: بخش زيردو, also Romanized as Bakhsh Zīrdū; also known as Bakhs, Bakhs Zīrdu, Dehbaj, Deh Baj-e Bakhs, Zīrdow, Zīrdow Bakhs, and Zīrdu) is a village in Rostam-e Yek Rural District, in the Central District of Rostam County, Fars province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 192, in 43 families.

Editorial summary

“Bakhsh Zirdu” enters the record as village in Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bakhsh, Zirdu 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—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Bakhsh, Zirdu and village.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

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

Evidence profile

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 Mar 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5782421. Authority coordinates are 30.256, 51.418. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006.

Critical limits

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.

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 “Bakhsh Zirdu”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bakhsh Zirdu primary sources, Bakhsh Zirdu archive and Bakhsh 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 “Bakhsh Zirdu”?
  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 Bakhsh Zirdu” 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.