Bakhshayesh
City in East Azerbaijan province, Iran
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Bakhshayesh (Persian: بخشايش)[a] is a city in the Central District of Heris County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. As a village, it was the capital of Mehranrud-e Shomali Rural District[6] until the rural district's merger with Zarnaq Rural District in 2000 to form Baruq Rural District (Heris County).[7] The village of Bakhshayesh was converted to a city in 1996.[3]
Demographics
Notable people
- Abd al-Rahim Aqiqi Bakhshayishi, (1942 – 5 April 2012) Islamic religious writer, journalist and translator.