Tabas-e Masina

For the administrative division, see Tabas-e Masina Rural District. For other places with a similar name, see Tabas and Masina.

Tabas-e Masina Persian: طبس مسينا
City
Tabas-e Mesina Castle in 2023
Tabas-e Masina
Coordinates: 32°48′28″N 60°13′17″E / 32.80778°N 60.22139°E / 32.80778; 60.22139[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	South Khorasan
County	Darmian
District	Gazik
Established	2008[3]
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	4,596
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Tabas-e Masina (Persian: طبس مسينا)^[a] is a city in Gazik District of Darmian County, South Khorasan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Tabas-e Masina Rural District.^[6]

History

In the Middle Ages, the town was known as Tabas al-Unnab ('Tabas of the Jujube') to distinguish it from the nearby Tabas al-Tamr ('Tabas of the Dates'); together the two towns gave their name to the district of Tabasayn.^[7] In the 10th century, Ibn Hawqal described it as a middling town of clay bricks, but with ruined fortifications and no castle; while Qazvini in the 13th century mentions a castle in the nearby village of Iravah. Medieval geographers noted the relatively abundant water supply of the town, in marked contrast to the surrounding countryside.^[7] In the 19th century, the town was inhabited almost entirely by Afghan Sunnis, whence it was also known as Sunni-Khanah.^[7]

The city contains a castle dating back to the Parthian Empire.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Tabas-e Masina's population was 3,776 in 779 households, when it was a village in Tabas-e Masina Rural District.^[8] The following census in 2011 counted 4,133 people in 979 households,^[9] by which time the village had been converted to a city.^[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,596 people in 1,072 households.^[4]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Ţabas Masīnā and Ţabas-e Masīnā; also known as Ţabas and Masīnā^[5]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (10 November 2024). "علی آباد, دهستان طبس مسینا, بخش گزیک [Aliabad, Tabas-e Masina Rural District, Gazik District], Darmian County, South Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
2. "R65C+4H6 Tabas-e Masina, South Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
3. Davoodi, Parviz (12 October 2008) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1387/07/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تبدیل روستای طبس مسینا از توابع بخش گزیک شهرستان درمیان به شهر [‌Approval regarding the transformation of Tabas-e Masina village from the functions of Gazik District, Darmian County into a city]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] CBEE90A6-F833-4BEB-96D1-F7AB188857E8. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
4. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: South Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
5. Tabas-e Masina at GEOnet Names Server
6. Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (1 July 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/04/10 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 21 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در قسمتی از شهرستان بیرجند تابع استان خراسان [‌Creation and formation of 21 rural districts including villages, farms and places in a part of Birjand County under Khorasan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 545.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
7. Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 359, 362–363.
8. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: South Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
9. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: South Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.