East Azarbaijan

     This province is called after Aturpat the Governor (the one whom fire guards him ) , he declared his independence during Alexander the Great’s attack to Iran (328 B.C.) so he ruled over this land (small Medes) in southwest of the country which became Iran later. The history of Azerbayejan began from the independence of Aturpat and during 23 centuries. has passed through different political stages, and whenever a powerful government ruled over the central part, Azerbayejan became dependent on that government. Azarbayejan-e-Sharqi Province with an area of 67,101 sq. Kms. and a population of 4,726,648(1992), is counted as one of the most important provinces in the country from commercial , industrial and agricultural points of view.

Tabriz-bazaar	Khoy	The slopes of Sahand	Shahidi mosque	Mehr Abad Mosque
Khooni Mosque	Khaleh Oghli Mosque	Jame Mosque	Hojjat-ul-Islam Mosque	Alter of Jame Mosque
Alchaq Mosque	Tabriz-Shahriyar-Tomb	Arg-e-Tabriz	Nature of Tabriz	Kandovan-village

Damavand  *  East  Azarbaijan * Fars *  Gilan * Hamedan * Isfahan * Kashan * Kerman * Khorasan * Kohgiloyeh * Lorestan * Mazandaran * meymand * Qazvin * Sistan * Tehran * WeastAzarbaijan * Yazd * Zanjan

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