Timeline of Qom

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Qom, Iran.

Prior to 20th century

• 685 - Arab Shia refugees settle in Qom.
• 804/805 - Qom gains "administrative independence from Isfahan."
• 816 - Death of Fātimah bint MÅ«sā (sister of 8th Imam of Twelver Shia faith); shrine develops thereafter.
• 825 - Qom "attacked."
• 988 - Hasan ibn Muhammad Qumi writes Tarikh-i Qum (city history).
• 1050s - Hassan-i Sabbah born in Qom (approximate date).
• 1224 - City besieged by Mongol forces.
• 1393 - Timur in power.
• 1442 - City becomes seat of government of Timurid monarch Sultan Muhammad bin Baysonqor.
• 1447/1448 - City sacked by Qara Qoyunlu forces.
• 1469 - Ağ Qoyunlu in power.
• 1501 - Twelver Shia Islam declared official state religion in Iran, a development beneficial to Qom as a holy city (approximate date).
• 1722 - Qom sacked by Afghans.
• 1883 - "New court" built at the Fatima shrine.

20th century

• 1920 - Population: 30,000-40,000 (approximate estimate).
• 1922 - Qom Seminary (hawza) established.
• 1923 - Printing press in operation.
• 1950 - Population: 83,235 (estimate).
• 1960 - Population: 105,272 (estimate).
• 1963
• Mar'ashi Najafi library established.
• Religious leader Khomeini arrested and exiled.
• 1966 - Population: 134,292.
• 1974 - Mohemmat Sazi Football Club formed.
• 1975 - "Riots involving 'Muslim Marxists.'"
• 1976 - Population: 246,831.
• 1978 - 7–9 January: Iranian Revolution against Pahlavis begins in Qom.
• 1982 - Population: 424,000 (estimate).
• 1996
• Center for the Revival of Islamic Heritage established.
• Population: 777,677.
• 1999 - February: Local election held.

21st century

• 2008 - Yadegar-e Emam Stadium opens.
• 2009
• December: Funeral of religious leader Hussein-Ali Montazeri.
• Qom Monorail construction begins.
• 2011 - Population: 1,074,036.
• 2013 - 14 June: Local election held.
• 2014 - City becomes part of newly formed national administrative Region 1.
• 2020 - 19 February: The first two cases of COVID-19 were detected in Iran.

See also

• Qom history
• (in Persian)
• of other cities in Iran: Bandar Abbas, Hamadan, Isfahan, Kerman, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Yazd

References

This article incorporates information from the Persian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• via Google Books
• (About city history written in 10th century)
• (Includes bibliography)

in other languages

• (Includes information about Qom)
• (Written in 10th century in Arabic)
• M. Tabataba’i. Turbat-i Pākān [Monuments and buildings of Qom], 2 vols (Qom, 1976)

External links

• (Bibliography)
• Items related to Qom, various dates (via Qatar Digital Library)
• Items related to Qom, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Qom, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)