Egriqash

Egriqash is a village in Mokriyan-e Gharbi Rural District of the Central District in Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,911 in 578 households. The following census in 2011 counted 3,332 people in 735 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,721 people in 1,033 households.

Etymology

Historically, the name of this village was Indirqash, of unknown origin, which was transformed by folk etymology into Azeri Turkish Ägri-qash or Hündür-qash.

History

After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Shia Azerbaijani recruits in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps entered Egriqash and massacred the local Kurdish population.