Qamsar Explained

Qamsar (fa|قمصر) is a city in, and the capital of, Qamsar District of Kashan County, Isfahan province, Iran.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^{[4] [5]}

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."^[6] He described the processing and marketing of the cobalt-containing ore.^[6]

Ghamsar is host to one of the biggest festivals of Iran called Golabgiri to celebrate the production of rose water in spring.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,566 in 1,048 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 3,410 people in 1,066 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,877 people in 1,271 households.^[9]

See also

Further reading

• Matin . M. . Pollard . A.M. . 2017 . From ore to pigment: a description of the minerals and an experimental study of cobalt ore processing from the Kāshān mine, Iran . Archaeometry . 59 . 4 . 731–746 . 10.1111/arcm.12272 . none .

Notes and References

1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Qamsar, Kashan County. . 29 November 2024. 29 November 2024. fa.
2. 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. fa. lamtakam.com. Lam ta Kam. https://web.archive.org/web/20240204010546/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113034. Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Habibi. Hassan. 4 February 2024. c. 2024. Approved 21 June 1369. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 82838/T131K. 4 February 2024.
3. Book: Kerr . Rose . Wood . Nigel. 2004 . Science and Civilisation in China Volume 5. Part 12, Ceramic Technology . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 0-521-83833-9 . 658–692.
4. Allan . J.W. . 1973 . Abū'l-Qāsim's treatise on ceramics . Iran . 11 . 111–120 . 10.2307/4300488 . 4300488 . 2011-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323144522/http://islamicceramics.ashmolean.org/Glossary/abulqasim.htm . 2012-03-23 . dead .
5. 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 . 10.1080/05786967.2015.11834755 . 117129519 .
6. Book: Houtum-Schindler, Albert . 1897 . Eastern Persian Irak . Royal Geographical Society, J. Murray . London . 114 . Available from Google books but full view only available in the US.
7. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Isfahan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083455/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/10.xls. Excel. 20 September 2011.
8. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Isfahan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. irandataportal.syr.edu. Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University. https://web.archive.org/web/20230117221845/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Esfahan.xls. 17 January 2023. 19 December 2022. Excel.
9. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Isfahan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 19 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20201019041954/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_10.xlsx. Excel. 19 October 2020.