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THE IRANIAN WORLD
ÊRÂN-XWARRAH-YAZDGERD
By: Rika Gyselen
ÊRÂN-XWARRAH-YAZDGERD (Êrân, glory of Yazdegerd), Sasanian province probably created by Yazdegerd II (438-457). The city cannot be identified with any certainty, but it is likely that it was located in the north of the Sasanian province of Gorgân.
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Ph. Gignoux and R. Gyselen, "Sceaux sasanides de la collection M. I. Mochiri," in Ph. Gignoux, ed., Pad nâm î yazdân: Etudes d'e‚pigraphie, de numismatique et d'histoire de l'Iran ancien, Paris, 1979, pp. 108-9; 00.2, pl. 1. |
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R. Gyselen, La ge‚ographie administrative de l'Empire sassanide: Les te‚moignages sigillographiques, Res Orientales 1, Bures-sur-Yvette, 1989, pp. 47-48 and passim. |
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Source/Extracted From: Encyclopaedia Iranica
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