DEYLAMĀN (Daylamān), district and town in Gīlān. The district is about 37 km north-south by 23 km and is located…

DELOUGAZ, PINHAS PIERRE (b. Ukraine, 16 July 1901, d. Čoḡā Mīš, Persia, 29 March 1975), archeologist and excavator of the…

HAFT TEPE, an archaeological site in Ḵūzestān province, in the southwestern alluvial plains of Persia, about 10 km southeast of…

GIYAN TEPE (GIĀN TAPPA), or Žiān Tappa, a large archaeological mound located in Lorestān province in western Persia, about 10…

GĪLĀN iii. ARCHEOLOGY The archeology of Gīlān, particularly in the pre-Islamic period, is usually studied in the wider context of…

GEOY TEPE, a rich archeological site located in western Azarbaijan about 7 km south of the town of Urmia (Reżāʾīya)…