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List of places in Shahnameh

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Here are the list of places represented/mentioned in the Persian epic poem Shāhnāma by Ferdowsi:

Contents

Irān

  • Amol (not to be confused with Amol)
  • Kābol
  • Zabolestān
  • Balkh
  • Estakhr
  • Madāyen
  • Tamishah
  • Sistān
  • Nimruz
  • Herāt
  • Bost
  • Kunduz
  • Ghazni
  • Bāmyān
  • Kandahār
  • Merv
  • Zibad
  • Gharchagān
  • Tāleqān
  • Fāryāb
  • Bokhārā
  • Kashmir
  • Andarāb
  • Panjhir
  • Termez
  • Khatlan
  • Badakhshān
  • Gowzgānān
  • Azarābādgān
  • Pārs
  • Ahvāz
  • Rey
  • Damghan
  • Moolian
  • Soghd
  • Māy
  • Margh
  • Ermān
  • Alānān
  • Ghannoj
  • Baghdad
  • Baytolmoghaddas/Dez Hookht Kang
  • Tātār
  • Toor
  • Danbar/Danbal
  • Dahestān
  • Roodābad
  • Sāri
  • Sebenjab/Sepijab
  • Sagsār
  • Shir
  • Shirkhān
  • Terāz
  • Toos
  • Kermān
  • Gorzbān
  • Gorgān
  • Goorāb/Goorābad/Goorābe
  • Māvaronnahr
  • Ardabil
  • Esfahān
  • Khorāsān
  • Khazar
  • Samarghand
  • Gilān
  • Makrān
  • Neshāboor
  • Gorganj
  • Jahrom
  • Halab
  • Iraq
  • Daylam
  • Ram Ardashir
  • Gundishapur

    • Plains

  • Dasht-e Sovārān-e Neyze-gozār
  • Dasht-e Ghahtān
  • Dasht-e Gordān
  • Dasht-e Yalān

    • Mounts

  • Damavand
  • Alborzkouh
  • Hendoukesh (also referred to as Hendoukouh)
  • Sepidkouh
  • Kooh-e Sepand
  • Dābe kooh/Rābeh kooh

    • Rivers

  • Jayhoon (also referred to as Amoodarya)
  • Helmand
  • Kāse rood
  • Arvandrood
  • Darya-ye Chin
  • Darya-ye Bikand
  • Darya-ye Gilan
  • Roode Rey
  • Draya-ye Send

    • Turān

  • Samangan (not to be confused with today Samangan Province)
  • Siavashgerd
  • Khotan

    • Other

  • Mazandaran (not to be confused with today Mazandaran Province)
  • Hamavaran (possibly Himyarite Kingdom)
  • Mesr
  • Barbar
  • Rûm
  • Yemen
  • Chin
  • Hend
  • Andalos
  • Babel
  • Bahrain
  • Makke
  • Jeddah
  • Nile
  • Gorgsārān
  • Shām

    • References

    List of places in Shahnameh Wikipedia
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