ASFAND (or Ašfand, Ašbanḏ), a medieval district (kūra) of the quarter (robʿ) of Nīšāpūr of Khorasan province. Only a few…

ARRAJĀN, a medieval city and province in southwestern Iran on the border between Ḵūzestān and Fārs. The ruins of Arraǰān…

ARDAŠĪR BĀBAKĀN, name of a Sasanian and early Islamic district (ostān) formed in the early 7th century south of Baghdad…

ABARŠAHR, name of Nīšāpūr province in western Khorasan. From the early Sasanian period, Nīšāpūr, which was founded or rebuilt by…

ĀB-E DEZ or ĀB-DEZ, a major river of Ḵūzestān, the one most vital to its economy. It rises in the…