Larijan (district)

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Larijan was the name of a district that encompassed the entire area covered by the Lar River in Mazandaran, a region on the Caspian coast of northern Iran. [1] [2] The mythical Iranian king Fereydun was said to have been born in a village in Larijan. [3]

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References

  1. Floor 2008, p. 233.
  2. Calmard 1986, pp. 657–659.
  3. Melville 2020, p. 36.

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