Carlo G. Cereti. “Are the provincial capitals of Ērānšahr really Provincial Capitals?”
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چکیده
The Middle Persian word sahrestān had often been translated as ‘provincial capital’. Cereti examines an impressive corpus of texts belonging to the Zoroastrian tradition, such Sahrenstānīhā-ī-Ērānshar, Bundahisn, Dēnkard, Kārnāmag ī Ardaxsīr Pābagān, Gujastag Abālis, Sāyast nē-Sāyast, Yoist Friyān, Pahlavi commentary Widēwdād, inscriptions Sāpūr I and Kerdīr at Ka’aba-e Zartost Narseh’s one Paikuli; attestations in administrative glyptics; Manichean Mid...
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عنوان ژورنال: Abstracta iranica
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0240-8910', '1961-960X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/abstractairanica.52080