GORGĀN, the ancient Hyrcania, an important Persian province at the southeast corner of the Caspian sea.

i. Geography.

ii. Dašt-e Gorgān.

iii. Population.

iv. Archaeology.

v. Pre-Islamic history.

vi. History from the rise of Islam to the beginning of the Safavid period.

vii. History from the Safavids to the end of the Pahlavi era.