ĒRĀN-WIN(N)ĀRD-KAWĀ

 

ĒRĀN-WIN(N)ĀRD-KAWĀD (Kawād[has] arranged Ērān), name of a Sasanian province (šahrestān) created by Kawād I (r. 488-531) in his reorganisation of the empire. Ḥamza Eṣfahānī called it Īrān waṭāraṭ Kawād and mentioned that it contained rostāqs belonging to Qom (Ḥamza, pp. 25, 38).

 

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

Ph. Gignoux, “Nouveaux toponymes Sassanides,” JA 262, 1974, pp. 299-304.

Idem and R. Gyselen, Bulles et sceaux sassanides de diverses collections, Studia Iranica, cahier 4, Paris, 1987, pp. 26-27 (MFT 5).

R. Gyselen, “À propos d’un toponyme sasanide,” JA 270, 1982, pp. 271-72.

Idem, La géographie administrative de l’Empire sassanide: Les témoignages sigillographiques, Res Orientales 1, Bures-sur-Yvette, 1989, p. 46.

Schwarz, Iran, pp. 557-58.

(Rika Gyselen)

Originally Published: December 15, 1998

Last Updated: December 15, 2011

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