Lilava

The Lilava district, also known as the Leilabad district is one of the districts of the Iranian city of Tabriz which was predominantly, and at times exclusively, inhabited by Armenians.^[1] At the beginning of the 20th century, the Armenian community of Tabriz, which numbered some 5,000, lived in the districts of Lilava and Ḡala (Armenian: Berdaṭʿał).^[2][3] The district played a crucial role in the early years of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.

See also

• Baron Avak

References

Sources

• Amurian, A.; Kasheff, M. (1986). "ARMENIANS OF MODERN IRAN". Encyclopaedia Iranica. 
• Berberian, Houri (2001). Armenians and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911. Westview Press. ISBN 978-0813338170. 
• Chaquèri, Cosroe (1998). The Armenians of Iran: The Paradoxical Role of a Minority in a Dominant Culture ; Articles and Documents. Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University. ISBN 978-0932885166. 

Districts of Tabriz
Ahrab Akhmaqaya Amraqiz Akhini Bahar Baghmasha Baghshumal Barnava (Baron Avak) Bazar Beylanki Charandab Chosduzan Davachi Gajil Gazran Imamieh Hokmavar Kuchabagh Khatib Khayyam Khiyavan Laklar Lalah Leilabad (Lilava) Maralan Nobar Qaraghaj Qaramalik Rastakucha Selab Shamqazan Shah-goli Sheshghelan Sirkhab Tapalibagh Viji Bashi