Natal, Iran

Natal

ناتل
Natal ناتل
Village
	Natal
	Coordinates: 36°30′05″N 52°01′21″E / 36.50139°N 52.02250°E
Country	Iran
Province	Mazandaran
County	Nur
Bakhsh	Central
Rural District	Natel Kenar-e Olya
Population (2006)
• Total	75
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Natal (Persian: ناتل, also Romanized as Nātal and Nātel)^[1] is a village in Natel Kenar-e Olya Rural District, in the Central District of Nur County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 75, in 21 families.^[2] It is located about 6 km southwest of the city of Nur.^[3]

History and archaeology

At the time of the Abbasid Caliphate, Natel was one of the major cities in Tabaristan and had a military garrison.^[3] It was known in medieval sources as Nātil or Nātilah.^[4] Three archaeological excavations were conducted under Abdolreza Mohajerinejad in 2008, 2010, and 2016.^[3] Over 2,000 pieces of pottery were uncovered; most of them were dated to the 3rd through 6th centuries AH (roughly the 9th-12th centuries CE).^[3] Pottery samples dating from the Ilkhanid and Timurid periods was much rarer.^[3] Hanie Hossein-Nia Amirkolaei et al described the pottery samples found at Natel as having "relatively good production quality and strength, but a lower level in terms of manufacturing technique and diversity of motifs".^[3]

References

^ Natal can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3841510" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hossein-Nia Amirkolaei, Hanie; Mousavi Haji, Seyyed Rasool; Ataie, Morteza; Mohajeri-Nejhd, Abdolreza (2021). "The Study of Islamic Potteries Discovered from the Historical City of Natel". Pārseh Journal of Archaeological Studies. 4 (14): 85–99. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
^ Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. p. 373.

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[1] Natal can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3841510" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".

[2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.

[Hossein-Nia_Amirkolaei_et_al_2021-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hossein-Nia Amirkolaei, Hanie; Mousavi Haji, Seyyed Rasool; Ataie, Morteza; Mohajeri-Nejhd, Abdolreza (2021). "The Study of Islamic Potteries Discovered from the Historical City of Natel". Pārseh Journal of Archaeological Studies. 4 (14): 85–99. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

[Le_Strange_1905-4] Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. p. 373.

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