ĒRĀN-ĀSĀN-KERD-KAWĀD (Kawād [has] made Ērān peaceful), name of a Sasanian province (šahr) created by Kawād I (r. 488-531). It was possibly the Ḥolwān region; if so, it bordered the provinces of Šahrazūr (Syārazūr) and Garmegan.

Bibliography (for cited works not given in detail, see “Short References”):

Ph. Gignoux and R. Gyselen, Bulles et sceaux sassanides de diverses collections, Studia Iranica, cahier 4, Paris, 1987, p. 70 (MOT 2).

R. Gyselen, “Les données de géographie asministrative dans le ‘Šahrestānīhā-Ī Ērān’,” Studia Iranica 17/2, 1988, pp. 191-206.

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Markwart, Ērānšahr, p. 22. Idem, Provincial Capitals, pp. 21 (par. 54), 105.

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