historical geography of mal amir, the capital of atabakan lor- bozarg

abstract the (mal –amir) is the city with vicissitudes (up and down) through the history, this city has located in the south western of iran which was ruled by eilamis. the inscriptions remained from eilami period such as: eshkaft – salman, and kool- ferah proven this fact in that area. after eilami's ruling, mal amir has been governed by madha, hekhamanesian, ashkanian and sassanian as one of their great cities with great economical, political evolution in that area. muslims arab captured mal amir in seventeenth year of hejri and they paid attention to the city after that. in the islamic time and with iranian government ships, it was under daylamian, alziar and al boyeh dominations. then in the half-second of sixth century till 827 hejri- ghamari years, mal amir was chosen as center of the local governing of atabakan lor- bozarg. this article has been organized for introducing and analyzes the mal amir historical geography, recognizing and introducing its historical background, and its state during the atabakan lor- bozorg government. this research is based on library sources, and analytical descriptive methods. the results are taken after historical data evaluation and analyzing them.