Tabaristan

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former province historical region

Tabaristan was a historical region along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in northern Iran, known for its mountainous terrain and relative autonomy during early Islamic and pre-Islamic periods.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tabaristan canonical 6

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former province ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borders Caspian Sea ⓘ
Daylam ⓘ
Gilan Province ⓘ
surface form: Gilan

Qumis ⓘ
Ray ⓘ
capital Amol ⓘ
conqueredBy Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab Muslims
country Iran ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Gilaks ⓘ
Iranian peoples ⓘ
Mazanderani people ⓘ
surface form: Mazandaranis
hasFeature Elburz Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Alborz Mountains

dense forests ⓘ
hasTerrain mountainous ⓘ
historicalNameOf Mazandaran Province ⓘ
surface form: Mazandaran region
knownFor relative autonomy in early Islamic period ⓘ
relative autonomy in pre-Islamic period ⓘ
language Mazanderani ⓘ
surface form: Mazandarani

Middle Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Middle Persian
locatedIn northern Iran ⓘ
locatedOn southern coast of the Caspian Sea ⓘ
majorCity Amol ⓘ
Gorgan ⓘ
Sari ⓘ
mentionedIn Tarikh-i Tabaristan ⓘ
works of al-Tabari ⓘ
modernEquivalent Mazandaran Province ⓘ
parts of Golestan Province ⓘ
parts of Tehran Province ⓘ
partOf Caspian Sea region ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
surface form: Shiism

Zoroastrianism ⓘ
ruledBy Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Alid dynasties ⓘ
Bavandid dynasty ⓘ
Dabuyid dynasty ⓘ
Karenid dynasty ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Caspian coastal routes ⓘ
mountain strongholds ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khorasan → borderedBy → Tabaristan ⓘ
Al-Tabari → birthRegion → Tabaristan ⓘ
Muslim conquest of Persia → location → Tabaristan ⓘ
Zaydi kalam → developedInRegion → Tabaristan ⓘ
Jibal → borderedBy → Tabaristan ⓘ
Fakhr al-Dawla → reignOver → Tabaristan ⓘ