Historical geography of Iran

Denotes a wide socio-cultural region comprising parts of West Asia, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia, and East Asia, all of which have been affected, to some degree, by the Iranian peoples and the Iranian languages

thumb|300px|Map of northern Iran during the Iranian Intermezzo. The borders represent the traditional geographical boundaries of each region. Tabaristan or Tabarestan (; ; from , ) 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 area from the 11th century onwards.

historical region of Persia

thumb|An 1886 map of the 10th-century Near East showing the province of Jibal Jibāl (), also al-Jabal (), was the name given by the Arabs to a region and province located in western Iran, under the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates.

French cartographer (1675-1726)

ancient Iranian state (700–550 BC)

divide of the territories of Afghanistan and Iran

political-geographical concept in ancient Iran

historical area of Iran

the period when Eastern Armenia was part of the Iranian empire

river in Iran

thumb|Map of the eastern part of Transcaucasia under the [[Sasanian Empire]] Balāsagān (an Iranian toponym meaning "country of Balas"; Armenian: Bałasakan, the inhabitants known as Bałasičkʻ, Arabic: Balāsajān/Balāšajān), also known as Bazgan, was a region located in the area of the Kura and Aras rivers, adjacent to the Caspian Sea. To the south, it bordered Atropatene/Adurbadagan and Gilan. It roughly corresponded to the Armenian province of Paytakaran, albeit extending farther into the north. It has been suggested that under the Sasanians the region extended as far as the stronghold of Derbe

thumb|Pahla in Parthian regions Pahla (Persian: پهله, arabized as Fahla فهله) or Pahlaw (پهلو) refers to the late antique and post-Islamic region of the Parthians in central and western Iran, which corresponds to the early ancient regions of Atropatene (Media Atropatene) and Media Magna.

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compilation of the geographical references in Avesta

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