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GORGĀN vi. History From The Rise Of Islam To The Beginning Of The Safavid Period
C. Edmund Bosworth
formed in Sasanian and pre-modern Islamic times a transitional zone, a corridor, between the subtropical habitat and climate of Māzandarān to its west, and the arid steppes of Dehestān and beyond them, the Qara Qum Desert to its northwest.
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GORGĀN vii. History from the Safavids to the end of the Pahlavi era
Jawād Neyestāni and EIr
Two characteristics dominated the history of Gorgān in the period between the 16th and early 19th centuries: incessant tribal unrest and power politics.
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GORGĀN BAY
Cross-Reference
See ASTARĀBĀD BAY.
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GORGANAJ
Cross-Reference
See CHORASMIA.
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GORGĀNI DIALECT
Cross-Reference
See MĀZANDARĀNI.
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GORGĀNI, ABU’L-HAYṮAM AḤMAD
Cross-Reference
See ABU’L-HAYṮAM GORGĀNI.
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GORGĀNI, FAḴR-AL-DIN ASʿAD
Julie Scott Meisami
(fl. ca. 1050), poet, best known for his verse romance Vis o Rāmin, completed in 1055 or shortly thereafter and dedicated to the Saljuq governor of Isfahan, the ʿAmid Abu’l-Fatḥ Moẓaffar b. Moḥammad.
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GORGIJANIDZE, PARSADAN
Jemshid Giunashvili
(1626-1696), a Georgian literary figure and historian who served in the Safavid administration as deputy governor of Isfahan and royal chamberlain.
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GORGIN
Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh
son of Milād, one of the heroes of the reigns of Kay Kāvus and Kay Ḵosrow and the head of the Milād family.
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GORGIN KHAN
Rudi Matthee
also known as Giorgio XI and Šāhnavāz Khan II; Georgian prince (d. 1709), who was alternately ruler of Georgia and holder of high positions in the Safavid administration and military.