The Amardians, widely referred to as the Amardi, were an ancient Iranian tribe living along the mountainous region bordering the Caspian Sea to the north, to whom the Iron Age culture at Marlik is att
Iron Age gold cup from Marlik, kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
The Hyrcanian Golden cup. Dated first half of first millennium. Excavated at Kelardasht, Mazandaran.
Golden necklace of three Swastikas from Marlik, kept at the National Museum, Tehran.
The Mardaites or al-Jarajima were early Christians following Chalcedonian Christianity in the Nur Mountains. Little is known about their ethnicity, but it has been speculated that they might have been
Amardi
…Phraates I Mardaites "The Mardians: A Note" (PDF). Leonardo Gregoratti (Durham University, UK). Anabasis, Studies for Classical Eastern Orientalism…
Main areas under Mardaite control in the Levant, c. 7th century AD