Town · Contested ground · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Abhar

Abhar, a small walled town with a castle between Qazvin and Zanjan on the road to Azerbaijan.

Its holder on 1 January 1200 is not pinned (see Zanjan).

Who holds it

Title
Not pinned
Since
not pinned
Born
not pinned
Family
not pinned
Confidence
low

See lord_1200 and the lord records.

How things stand that morning

Drawn as contested with Zanjan.

Communities

Sunni Persians.

Fairs and markets

Not recorded in the sources read

Militia

Not recorded.

Walls and castle

A town castle (state in 1200 not pinned).

Trade and crafts

Road trade; farming of the Abhar river valley.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: No dated evidence for 1199-1200.

Sources and studies

  1. Ibn al-Athir, The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period, part 3, tr. D. S. Richards (archive.org text, years 589-594)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.