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Salmas (Azerbaijani: ﺩﻳﻠﻤﻘﺎﻥ , سالماس,Sālmās, Dılmaqan; also Romanized as Salmās and Salamas; formerly, Delemon, Dīlmagān, Dīlman, Shahpoor, Shāhpūr, and Shapur) is a city in and the capital of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. It is located close to the Turkish border. At the 2006 census, its population was 79,560, in 19,806 families. The majority of the population is composed of native Azerbaijanis, align with some populations of Assyrians, Armenians, Jews〔http://thegraduatesocietyla.org/images/author-padia-others.pdf〕 and Kurds.〔http://salmas.ir/HomePage.aspx?TabID=4626&Site=DouranPortal&Lang=fa-IR〕 ==History== Early mention of Salmas was made in 1281, when its Assyrian bishop made the trip to the consecration of the Assyrian Church of the East patriarch Yaballaha in Baghdad.〔Houtsma, M. Th. ''et al.'' (1993 reprint) "Salmas" ''E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936'' Volume 4, E.J. Brill, New York, (page 118 ), ISBN 90-04-09796-1〕 In the Battle of Salmas on 17–18 September 1429, the Kara Koyunlu were defeated by Shah Rukh who was consolidating Timurid holdings west of Lake Urmia.〔Houtsma, M. Th. ''et al.'' (1993 reprint) "Tabrīz" ''E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936'' Volume 4, E.J. Brill, New York, (page 588 ), ISBN 90-04-09796-1〕 However, the area was retaken by the Kara Koyunlu in 1447 after the death of Shah Rukh. Mar Shimun, the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East was murdered by the Kurdish chieftain Simko Shikak in Salmas in March 1918.〔Houtsma, M. Th. ''et al.'' (1993 reprint) "Shakāk" ''E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936'' Volume 4, E.J. Brill, New York, (page 290 ), ISBN 90-04-09796-1〕〔O'Shea, Maria T. (2004) "Trapped Between the Map and Reality: Geography and Perceptions of Kurdistan'' Routledge, New York, page 100, ISBN 0-415-94766-9〕〔Nisan, Mordechai (2002) ''Minorities in the Middle East: A History of Struggle and Self-Expression'' (2nd edition) McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, page 187, ISBN 0-7864-1375-1〕 Part of the Assyrian Genocide took place in Salmas and the surrounding region at the hands of the Ottoman Army and loyal Kurdish irregulars. This followed initially successful Assyrian military campaigns against the Ottomans and their Kurdish allies. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salmas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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