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THE IRANIAN WORLD
ÊRÂN-WIN(N)ÂRD-KAWÂD
By: Rika Gyselen
(Kawâd [has] arranged Êrân), name of a Sasanian province (š) created by Kawâd I (r. 488-531) in his reorganisation of the empire. Hamza Esfahânî called it Îrân watârat Kawâd and mentioned that it contained rostâqs belonging to Qom (Hamza, pp. 25, 38).
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Ph. Gignoux, "Nouveaux toponymes Sassanides," JA 262, 1974, pp. 299-304. |
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Idem and R. Gyselen, Bulles et sceaux sassanides de diverses collections, Studia Iranica, cahier 4, Paris, 1987, pp. 26-27 (MFT 5). |
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R. Gyselen, "À propos d'un toponyme sasanide," JA 270, 1982, pp. 271-72. |
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Idem, La ge‚ographie administrative de l'Empire sassanide: Les te‚moignages sigillographiques, Res Orientales 1, Bures-sur-Yvette, 1989, p. 46. Schwarz, Iran, pp. 557-58. |
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Source/Extracted From: Encyclopaedia Iranica
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