ICQHS - Famous & old Qanat of Iran > The proovince of East

» Inauguration of the water museum coincided with the international symposium on Qanat in Yazd [May2000] brought about a situation in which qanat digging equipment could exhibit our cultural legacy partially to remind every individual of the diligence and sustainability of the people once lived here.

History Of Qanat

» Henry Gubler believes that around 800 BC. coal miners in north eastern Iran improvised some canals in order to extract the water from the coal mines. The technology was gradually applied by farmers and spread all over the plateau of Iran. About 525 BC. it reached Oman and Saudi Arabia by Iranians and Persian campaigns conveyed this technology through Egypt about 500 BC.
Qanat was introduced to Africans by Muslims and Yafuga (a Qanat) was created in Madrid by Muslims about 750 BC. The Spanish initiated qanats in Mexico in 1520 AD. From there, it was taken to Los Angeles in 1520 AD. This Hydraulic system was spotted in Chile , too. Creation of qanats in Asia enjoys great antiquity as well.

The province of Tabriz
The longest qanat of Bostan Abbad is Dagh Cheshmeh located in a village named Estyar. It is 8000 m. long and its mother well is 20 meters deep. Vakil & Cheshmeh Armanistan Qanats are the longest ones in Azar shahr. They both enjoy a length of 6000 m. and the mother wells are 15 & 30 meters deep respectively. The deepest recorded mother well of the region (115 m) belongs to Hassan Abbad and Bareh-khuni of Mamaghan. Kalantar Qanat in Tabriz and is more than 10000 meters long.