Provinces of Iran in the early Sasanian period and the geographic location of Mihrajanqadhaq (After:Brunner, 1983: 749).

Provinces of Iran in the early Sasanian period and the geographic location of Mihrajanqadhaq (After:Brunner, 1983: 749).

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Historical texts and geographic sources as well as archaeological studies place the Seymareh valley, located in present-day Ilam province of Iran, among the regions with great potential of producing outstanding archaeological evidence of the Sasanian period. Yet, the current state of archaeological scholarship in the region by no means reflects its...

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... and geographical texts and other sources frequently make reference to the city during the Sasanian times. According to these sources, the Sasanian territory consisted of four major quarters (kusts), and Seymareh lay 1 mile from Mihrajanqadhaq (Markwart, 1994: 49, Figure 2), which was a part of the southwestern quarter, viz. Xwarwarān Kust (Markwart, 1994: 43). ...