Mazandaran province
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Mazandaran province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Sari. Located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range and Hyrca
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Tabaristan
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Tabaristan or Tabarestan was a mountainous region located on the Caspian coast of northern Iran. It corresponded to the present-day province of Mazandaran, which became the predominant name of the are
Mazandaran province
…emperor, a large Muslim army under the command of Hassan ibn Ali invaded Tabarestan. With the advent of the Sasanian Empire, the King of Mazandaran (Tabaristan and Padashkhwargar) was Gushnasp, whose ancestors had reigned in the area (under the Parthian empire) since the time of Alexander the Great. In 529–536…
Coin of Farrukhan the Great (r. 712–728)
Sasanian-style silver half-dirham minted during Khalid ibn Barmak's governorship of Tabaristan, 770/71
Silver gilt dish produced in Tabaristan, 7th or 8th century