Tu Ali-ye Olya

Tu Ali-ye Olya
طوعلی عليا
village

A view of the village in 2012
Tu Ali-ye Olya
Coordinates: 39°03′53″N 46°49′51″E / 39.06472°N 46.83083°E / 39.06472; 46.83083Coordinates: 39°03′53″N 46°49′51″E / 39.06472°N 46.83083°E / 39.06472; 46.83083
Country  Iran
Province East Azerbaijan
County Khoda Afarin
Bakhsh Minjavan
Rural District Minjavan-e Sharqi
Population (2006)
 • Total 265
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
 • Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)
The summer quarters of Tu Ali nomads on the mountain ranges around Abbasabad

Tu Ali-ye Olya (Persian: طوعلی عليا‎‎, also Romanized as Tū ‘Alī-ye ‘Olyā, Toloo Ali Olya, and Tow 'Ali-ye 'Olyā; also known as Ţow‘alī Bālā, Tuālī Yūkarī, Tūālī Yūkhārī, and Yukhari Tuali)[1] is a village in Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District, Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 265, in 66 families.[2]

In the wake of White Revolution (early 1960s) a clan of Mohammad Khanlu tribe, comprising 35 households, used Tu Ali-ye Olya as their winter quarters. [3] These semi-settled nomads spent summer months in pastures located between Chaparli and Aqdash. Their pastors' proximity to meadows in Abbasabad territory was a bone of contention that caused frequent clashes. Finally inhabitants of Abbasabad gave the bordering meadows to the well connected cleric, Mohamad Zakeri,and the territorial infringement ceased thereafter. In recent years most nomads have settled.

References

  1. ↑ Tu Ali-ye Olya can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3087758" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
  3. ↑ P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 69
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