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Iran - Maku

Maku, (Azerbaijani: Makı) is a town in the northwestern part of the West Azerbaijan province of Iran. According to some accounts the word Maku possibly derives from the Armenian language Maki.

The city is well-known in Bahai history for its fort where the Bab had been exiled to and imprisoned for nine months. In this fortress Mulla Husayn-i-Bushrui, the first Disciple of the Bab had the chance to meet his Master again, arriving on Naw-Ruz of the year 1848.

In ancient times the region of Maku was a part of Lesser Media and its name itself may be derived from the Persian word Madkuh meaning "the Mountain of the Medes". Medes were one of the ancient Iranian tribes.