Yayshahr
Village in East Azerbaijan, Iran
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Yayshahr (Persian: ياي شهر, also Romanized as Yāyshahr; also known as Yarīshahr and Yāyshahrī)[1] is a village in Sarajuy-ye Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 327, in 77 families.[2] The name "Yayshahr" is derived from the Turkic languages and means "summer town".[3]: 262 The village is located 16 km north of the city of Maragheh on the slopes of Mount Sahand.[3]: 262 Vladimir Minorsky tentatively identified Yayshahr with the historical castle of Ru'in Dez, which was the main residence of the Ahmadili atabegs of Maragheh in the 1100s and early 1200s.[3]: 262 He also suggested a possible identification with the ancient fortress of Vera (Greek: Οὔερα) which the Roman emperor Antonius besieged during his campaign against the Parthian Empire.[3]: 262
