Historical mountainous region of northern Iran
Nature of Deylaman
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 .
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[5] It was so named for its inhabitants, known as the
Daylamites .
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The
Church of the East established a
metropolitan diocese for Daylam and Gilan around 790 under
Shubhalishoʿ .
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See also
References
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The Cambridge History of Iran . Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
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^ Frye, Richard Nelson; Fisher, William Bayne; Bosworth, C. E. (1975-06-26).
The Cambridge History of Iran . Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
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^ 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 .
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The Buwayhid Dynasty in Iraq 334h., 945 to 403h., 1012: Shaping Institutions for the Future . BRILL.
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Kabir, Mafizullah (1964-01-01).
The Buwayhid Dynasty of Baghdad, 334/946-447/1055 . Iran Society. Retrieved 3 February 2014 .
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"DEYLAMITES – Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. BII, Fasc. 4" . www.iranicaonline.org . pp. 342–347. Retrieved 2017-03-04 .
^ David Wilmshurst (2011), The Martyred Church: A History of the Church of the East , East and West Publishing , p. 166.
Bibliography
36°53′20″N 49°54′20″E / 36.8889°N 49.9056°E / 36.8889; 49.9056