Urmia: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Urmia: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
771 AD
Capital of Sadakiyans
1604 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Urmia, part of Ottoman-Safavid War (1603-1618)
1748 AD
Capital of Urmia Khanate
1827 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russo-Persian War (1826-28)
1906 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ottoman invasion of Persia (1906)
1912 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ottoman invasion of Persia (1906)
1915 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ottoman campaign in Persia during World War I
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Persian Campaign
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Sinai and Palestine campaign
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet invasion of Northwestern Iran
1979 AD
Mentioned in Event: Iranian Revolution
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of West Azarbaijan Province, part of Islamic Republic of Iran