Salas-e Babajani County (Persian: شهرستان ثلاث باباجانی; Salasi Bawajani (Kurdish: شارستانی سەلاسی باوەجانی) is located in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is Tazehabad. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 37,056, in 7,734 families.[1]

Salas-e Babajani County شهرستان ثلاث باباجانی
County
Location of Salas-e Babajani County in Kermanshah province
Location of Kermanshah province in Iran
Coordinates: 34°47′N 46°01′E
Country	Iran
Province	Kermanshah
Capital	Tazehabad
Districts	2 (2006)
Population  (2006)
• Total	37,056
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
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Administrative divisions

History

Darneh/Derne is one of the historical places in Salas-e Babajani County which mentioned by Herodotus (5th century BC) and Ptolemy (1st century AD). For decades Darneh/ Derne has been capital of Derteng, Hulwan and Bajalan dynasties, but now is a small village in Doli Dere Region in Central District of Salas-e Babajani County.[2]

Notable people

Khana Qubadi (1700–1759), who lived in Derne the capital of Derteng and Bajelan dynasties located in modern day Salas-e Babajani County, translated Quran first time in history to the Kurdish language. Unfortunately, his translation book had been burned by extremists, accordingly he had to be fugitive to the Baban dynasty capital in Shahrizor. Vali Dewane is another poet who lived in Derne. The biography of Vali Dewane has been cames in love like Majnun, even more than him.[3]^{[clarification needed]}

Kasra Nouri, a lawyer and Gonabadi dervish imprisoned in Tehran's Revolutionary Court, has been sentenced to two years in exile for Salas-e Babajani.[4]

12 Nov 2017 Earthquake

On 12 November 2017 at 18:18 UTC (21:48 Iran Standard Time, 21:18 Arabia Standard Time), an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.3 occurred on the Iran–Iraq border, just inside Iran, in Ezgeleh, Salas-e Babajani County, Kermanshah Province, with an epicentre approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city of Halabja, Kurdistan Region.[5]

References

• سلطانی، محمد علی، (1372)، ایلات و طوایف کرمانشاهان، ج 1، تهران: موفق
• Derne, the lost city in the Salas Babajani”, by Dr. Mohammad Salmasizadeg & Borhan Abasi- Scientific Specialty Journal of Research in Art and Humanity, Tehran, Second year, Number 5, Aug/ Sep 2017, ISSN: 2538-6298

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