Qamsar

Qamsar

Persian: قمصر
Qamsar Persian: قمصر
City
	View from the city of Qamsar
	Qamsar
	Coordinates: 33°45′05″N 51°25′57″E / 33.75139°N 51.43250°E
Country	Iran
Province	Isfahan
County	Kashan
District	Qamsar
Population (2016)
• Total	3,877
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Qamsar (Persian: قمصر)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Qamsar District of Kashan County, Isfahan province, Iran.^[4] The district is 15 km south of Kashan.

History

From the 13th century and possibly considerably earlier, cobalt was mined near Qamsar. The metal oxide was exported all over the Muslim world for use as the cobalt blue pigment in the decoration of pottery. It is possible that the cobalt ore was also exported to China.^[5] In 1301 Abū'l-Qāsim, who came from a family of tilemakers based in Kashan, wrote a treatise on the manufacture of fritware ceramics in which he mentions the village as a source of cobalt ore.^[6]^[7]

Albert Houtum-Schindler visited the village at the end of the 19th century when Qamsar was "a large and flourishing village of about three hundred houses with extensive gardens with fine roses used for the manufacture of rosewater."^[8] He described the processing and marketing of the cobalt-containing ore.^[8]

Vessels used for the preparation of rose water

Ghamsar is host to one of the biggest festivals of Iran called Golabgiri to celebrate the production of rose water in spring.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,566 in 1,048 households.^[9] The following census in 2011 counted 3,410 people in 1,066 households.^[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,877 people in 1,271 households.^[2]

Notes

^ Also romanized as Qamşar; also known as Ghamsar and Kamsār^[3]

References

^ OpenStreetMap contributors (16 June 2023). "Qamsar, Kashan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 16 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 10. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ Qamsar can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3079465" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Isfahan province, centered in the city of Isfahan". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ Kerr, Rose; Wood, Nigel (2004). Science and Civilisation in China Volume 5. Part 12, Ceramic Technology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 658–692. ISBN 0-521-83833-9.
^ Allan, J.W. (1973). "Abū'l-Qāsim's treatise on ceramics". Iran. 11: 111–120. doi:10.2307/4300488. JSTOR 4300488. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
^ Matin, Moujan; Pollard, Mark (2015). "Historical accounts of cobalt ore processing from the Kashan mine, Iran". Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies. 53 (1): 171–183. doi:10.1080/05786967.2015.11834755. S2CID 117129519.
^ ^a ^b Houtum-Schindler, Albert (1897). Eastern Persian Irak. London: Royal Geographical Society, J. Murray. p. 114. Available from Google books but full view only available in the US.
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 10. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 10. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.