ĒRĀN-XWARRAH-YAZDGERD (Ērān, 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 Gorgān.
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Ph. Gignoux and R. Gyselen, “Sceaux sasanides de la collection M. I. Mochiri,” in Ph. Gignoux, ed., Pad nām ī yazdān: Etudes d’épigraphie, de numismatique et d’histoire de l’Iran ancien, Paris, 1979, pp. 108-9; 00.2, pl. 1.
R. Gyselen, La géographie administrative de l’Empire sassanide: Les témoignages sigillographiques, Res Orientales 1, Bures-sur-Yvette, 1989, pp. 47-48 and passim.
(Rika Gyselen)
Originally Published: December 15, 1998
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