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Sasanian Pars : historical geography and administrative organization / Negin Miri.
- Title
- Sasanian Pars : historical geography and administrative organization / Negin Miri.
- Author
- Miri, Negin.
- Publication
- Costa Mesa, Calif. : Mazda Publishers, 2012.
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- Description
- xx, 183 p. : maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Pars was the birthplace of the Sasanian Dynasty. For more than four hundred years, this province held an important political, economic and religious status within the Empire in spite of westward shift of the capital to Ctesiphon during the earlier phase of the Sasanian reign. [...] The present book brings together the data available about Pars during the Sasanian period, specifically from an administrative and historical geography point of view based on the available literary and material resources including Pahlavi or Middle Persian, non-Persian and Islamic sources, Sasanian royal and other Pahlavi inscriptions, rock reliefs, coins, seals and sealings as well as archaeological data collected during surveys and excavations. Having the sources identified and analyzed, the book turns to the detailed examination of the administrative organization and historical geography of Sasanian Fars by describing the status of Pars in the administrative structure of the Sasanian Empire followed by an examination of the internal administrative division of the province. [...] Each part also includes illustrations, maps and tables. A separate section focuses on the mint towns within the province. The considerable number of Sasanian coins minted in Pars indicates the fact that the local mints produced a large quantity of coins, and that they were among the most active mints of all the Sasanian provinces. The role of Pars as a nexus of maritime trade between the East and West during the period may have necessitated such high levels of coin production within the province. Settlements, communication networks, trade and religious centers of Pars are also discussed in the two final parts of the book." -- from the publisher's website.
- Series Statement
- Sasanika series ; no. 4
- Uniform Title
- Sasanika series ; no. 4.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-173) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. Sources -- 2. Administrative geography -- 3. Historical geography -- 4. Mint towns -- 5. Settlements and communication networks -- 6. Religious centers -- List of abbreviations -- List of maps and figures -- Bibliography -- Index.
- ISBN
- 9781568592916
- 1568592914
- LCCN
- ^^2011053464
- OCLC
- 772714744
- SCSB-12018991
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library