Natal, Iran

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]

Natal
ناتل
Village
Natal is located in Iran
Natal
Natal
Coordinates: 36°30′05″N 52°01′21″E
Country Iran
ProvinceMazandaran
CountyNur
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictNatel Kenar-e Olya
Population
 (2006)
  Total75
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
  Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

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

  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.
  3. 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.
  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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