Daylam

Daylam

Daylam

Historical mountainous region of northern Iran

Daylam, also known in the plural form Daylaman (and variants such as Dailam, Deylam, and Deilam), was the name of a mountainous region of inland Gilan, Iran.[1][2][3][4][5] It was so named for its inhabitants, known as the Daylamites.[6]

Nature of Deylaman

The Church of the East established a metropolitan diocese for Daylam and Gilan around 790 under Shubhalishoʿ.[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Frye, Richard Nelson; Fisher, William Bayne; Madelung, W. (1975-06-26). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521200936.
  2. [2]
    Frye, Richard Nelson; Fisher, William Bayne; Bosworth, C. E. (1975-06-26). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521200936.
  3. [3]
    Tilman, Nagel (1990). "BUYIDS - Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. IV, Fasc. 6". www.iranicaonline.org. London u.a.: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 578–586. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  4. [4]
    Donohue, John J. (2003-01-01). The Buwayhid Dynasty in Iraq 334h., 945 to 403h., 1012: Shaping Institutions for the Future. BRILL. ISBN 9004128603. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  5. [5]
    Kabir, Mafizullah (1964-01-01). The Buwayhid Dynasty of Baghdad, 334/946-447/1055. Iran Society. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  6. [6]
    Wilferd Madelung, Wolfgang Felix (1995). "DEYLAMITES – Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. BII, Fasc. 4". www.iranicaonline.org. pp. 342–347. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  7. [7]
    David Wilmshurst (2011), The Martyred Church: A History of the Church of the East, East and West Publishing, p. 166.

Bibliography

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