| Dargazin | |
| Native Name: | fa|درگزین |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hamadan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dargazin |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Central |
| Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
| Subdivision Name4: | Dargazin-e Sofla |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 1331 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Dargazin (fa|درگزین) is a village in, and the capital of, Dargazin-e Sofla Rural District[2] of the Central District of Dargazin County, Hamadan province, Iran.
In the 11th century, the Darjazin area had a significant population of Mazdakis and the related Khorramites. The Dargazini family of viziers was also from the area.
The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi described Darjazin (as Darguzīn) as previously "merely a village of the A‘lam district" that had become "a provincial capital" by his lifetime.[3] He wrote that it had good agricultural lands that produced grain, cotton, grapes, and other fruits.[3] Its population, he said, were devout Sunnis of the Shafi'i madhhab (i.e. the Shafi'i sub-school of Islam) who followed the Shaykh al-Islam Sharaf ad-Din Darguzini.[3] The revenue of Darguzin, he wrote, was 12,000 dinars.[3]
The Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi passed through Darjazin in 1654 and left a description of the town's layout, as well as its garrison and fort.[4] Evliya associated the fort with an unspecified Sasanian king named Yazdegerd, which possibly refers to Yazdegerd I.[4] No traces of the fort survive today.[4] By the time of Evliya's visit, Darjazin's population had become Shi'i; he described the Moharram mourning rites observed here.[4] In the 1700s, Darjazin became contested between Iran and the Ottoman Empire.[4]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,629 in 689 households, when it was in Darjazin-e Sofla Rural District of the former Qorveh-ye Darjazin District of Razan County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,345 people in 396 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 1,331 people in 406 households.[7]
After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Dargazin County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District and renamed Dargazin-e Sofla Rural District.[8]
The shrine of Emamzadeh Azhar in Darjazin is dated to the Ilkhanid era; it may be the tomb of either Shaykh Salman 'Aref Dargazini (13th century) or the above-mentioned Sharaf ad-Din Dargazini (14th century).[4] The shrine itself has a circular tower with a conical dome that reaches 12 m off the ground at its highest point.[4] There is a wooden chest in the shrine which bears the date 1056 AH, or 1646 CE; part of the chest is missing.[4]