Šahrestān has often been translated “provincial capital”, especially in works dealing with the history of Sasanian Iran. Through a painstaking analysis of Middle Persian occurrences of this word the author shows that it should be translated “city” or “fortified city”.
Are the provincial capitals of Eranshahr really provincial capitals? / Cereti, Carlo Giovanni. - In: VICINO ORIENTE. - ISSN 2532-5159. - 24:(2020), pp. 135-149.
Are the provincial capitals of Eranshahr really provincial capitals?
Carlo Giovanni Cereti
2020
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Šahrestān has often been translated “provincial capital”, especially in works dealing with the history of Sasanian Iran. Through a painstaking analysis of Middle Persian occurrences of this word the author shows that it should be translated “city” or “fortified city”.File allegati a questo prodotto
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