Egriqash
اگريقاش | |
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village | |
Coordinates: 36°50′23″N 45°45′28″E / 36.83972°N 45.75778°E | |
Country | Iran |
Province | West Azerbaijan |
County | Mahabad |
Bakhsh | Central |
Rural District | Mokriyan-e Gharbi |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 2,911 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Egriqash (Persian: اگريقاش, Kurdish: ئیندرقاش, also Romanized as Egrīqāsh; also known as Garīfāsh)[1] is a village in Mokriyan-e Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,911, in 578 families.[2]
Historically, the name of this village was Indirqash, of unknown origin, which was transformed by folk etymology into Azeri Turkish Ägri-qash ("crooked eyebrow") or Hündür-qash ("high eyebrow").[3]: 70 : 70
After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Shia Azerbaijani recruits in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps entered Egriqash and massacred the local Kurdish population.[4]