Meshginshahr

The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi mentioned the city, as Khiyāv, as one of the seven cities in the tuman of Pishkin, or Mishkin.^[5] He distinguished between the cities of Khiyav and Pishkin — according to him, Khiyav lay to the south of Mount Sablan and had a warm climate, while Pishkin (which he said had formerly been called "Varāvī") was to the north of Mount Sablan and had a damp climate because the mountain shielded it from the sun.^[5] Both cities drew their water from the streams coming down from the mountain.^[5] The district of Pishkin, he wrote, grew both grain and fruit in abundance, while Khiyav mostly grew grain.^[5] Pishkin was assessed for a tax value of 5,200 dinars, while Khiyav was assessed at 2,000.^[5] Mustawfi wrote that Pishkin's population was mostly Shafi'i Sunnis, with Shi'i and Hanafi Sunni minorities.^[5] He said nothing about Khiyav's religious makeup, but instead described its population as mostly "boot-makers and cloth-workers".^[5]

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 61,296 in 14,920 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 66,883 people in 17,871 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 74,109 people in 21,926 households.^[2]

Iran portal

• Frye, Richard Nelson; Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (1996). "The Middle Persian Inscription from Meshkinshahr". Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 10: 53–61. JSTOR 24048886. (registration required)

• Meshgin Shahr Tourism Website
• Meshgin Shahr Municipality Website
• Meshgin Shahr Government Website
• Meshgin Shahr Travel Guide