Pishva

Pishva

Pishva is a city in the Tehran Province of Iran. It is situated in the south-east of this province and has c. 27.000 inhabitants. The older names of the city were Samenat and later Emamzadeh-Ja'far. The residents of Pishva are mainly Persian-speaking Shi'tes and are predominantly descendants of the original residents of the Tehran and Ray area. Members of the Joneidi clan are the most prominent residents of the town. In Persian the word Pishva means Imam and leader and refers to the mausoleum of Imamzadeh Ja'far, who is considered the son of the seventh Shi'ite Imam, Imam Mousa Al-Kazim.

:"Pishva is also one of the islands in the Urmia Lake in Iran."


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