Timeline of Hamadan

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• 640s - Arabs in power.[1]
• 806 - City besieged by forces of al-Amin.[1]
• 931 - City besieged by forces of Ziyarid Mardāvij.[1]
• 956 - Earthquake.[1]
• 976 - Buyid Mu'ayyad al-Dawla in power.
• 997 - Shams al-Dawla in power.[1]
• 1021 - Sama' al-Dawla in power.
• 1221 - City sacked by Mongols.[1]
• 1224 - City sacked by Mongols again.[1]
• 1315 - Gunbad-i Alayvian built (approximate date).[2]
• 1724 - City sacked by forces of Ahmad Pasha of Baghdad.[1]
• 1732 - City taken by forces of Nāder Shah Afšār; Ottomans ousted.[1]
• 1789 - Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar takes Hamadan.[1]
• 1838 - Congregational mosque built.[3]
• 1883 - Imamzadeh Hossein, Hamadan (shrine) built.

• 1920 - Population: 30,000-40,000 (approximate estimate).[4]
• 1932 - Hamadan power plant built.
• 1933 - City redesigned to accommodate motorcars; central Meidun-e Emam Khomeini and 6 radiating boulevards laid out.[5]
• 1940 - Population: 103,874.[6]
• 1952 - Avicenna Mausoleum erected.[2]
• 1963 - Population: 114,610 (estimate).[7]
• 1970 - Baba Taher Mausoleum erected.[2]
• 1973 - Bu-Ali Sina University established.
• 1976 - Population: 164,785 city;[6] 229,977 urban agglomeration.[8]
• 1986 - Population: 272,499.[6]
• 1996 - Population: 401,281.[9]

• 2007 - PAS Hamedan F.C. (football club) formed.
• 2009 - Shahid Mofatteh Stadium opens.
• 2011 - Population: 525,794.[10]
• 2013 - 14 June: Local election held.
• 2014 - Syed Mustafa Rasul becomes mayor.[11]

• History of Hamadan (de)
• Ecbatana, ancient city at site of present-day Hamadan[12]
• Hamadan Province history
• Timelines of other cities in Iran: Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Kerman, Mashhad, Qom, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Yazd

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  Imam Khomeini Square, Hamadan, laid out in 1933