Timeline of Qom

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Qom, Iran.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 685 - Arab Shia refugees settle in Qom.^[1]
• 804/805 - Qom gains "administrative independence from Isfahan."^[2]
• 816 - Death of Fātimah bint Mūsā (sister of 8th Imam of Twelver Shia faith); shrine develops thereafter.^[1]
• 825 - Qom "attacked."^[1]
• 988 - Hasan ibn Muhammad Qumi writes Tarikh-i Qum (city history).^[3]
• 1050s - Hassan-i Sabbah born in Qom (approximate date).^[4]
• 1224 - City besieged by Mongol forces.^[2]
• 1393 - Timur in power.^[5]
• 1442 - City becomes seat of government of Timurid monarch Sultan Muhammad bin Baysonqor.^[2]
• 1447/1448 - City sacked by Qara Qoyunlu forces.^[5]
• 1469 - Ağ Qoyunlu in power.^[5]
• 1501 - Twelver Shia Islam declared official state religion in Iran, a development beneficial to Qom as a holy city (approximate date).^[6]
• 1722 - Qom sacked by Afghans.^[1]
• 1883 - "New court" built at the Fatima shrine.^[2]

20th century

• 1920 - Population: 30,000-40,000 (approximate estimate).^[7]
• 1922 - Qom Seminary (hawza) established.
• 1923 - Printing press in operation.^[8]
• 1950 - Population: 83,235 (estimate).^[9]
• 1960 - Population: 105,272 (estimate).^[10]
• 1963
  • Mar'ashi Najafi library established.^{[citation needed]}
  • Religious leader Khomeini arrested and exiled.^[2]
• 1966 - Population: 134,292.^[2]
• 1974 - Mohemmat Sazi Football Club formed.
• 1975 - "Riots involving 'Muslim Marxists.'"^[2]
• 1976 - Population: 246,831.^[9]
• 1978 - 7–9 January: Iranian Revolution against Pahlavis begins in Qom.^[2]
• 1982 - Population: 424,000 (estimate).^[11]
• 1996
  • Center for the Revival of Islamic Heritage established.^[8]
  • Population: 777,677.^[12]
• 1999 - February: Local election held.^[13]

21st century

• 2008 - Yadegar-e Emam Stadium opens.
• 2009
  • December: Funeral of religious leader Hussein-Ali Montazeri.
  • Qom Monorail construction begins.
• 2011 - Population: 1,074,036.^[14]
• 2013 - 14 June: Local election held.
• 2014 - City becomes part of newly formed national administrative Region 1.
• 2020 - 19 February: The first two cases of COVID-19 were detected in Iran.

See also

• Qom history
• History of Qom [fa]
• Category:Monuments in Qom (in Persian)
• Timelines of other cities in Iran: Bandar Abbas, Hamadan, Isfahan, Kerman, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Yazd