Jibal
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An 1886 map of the 10th century Near East showing the province of Jibal
Jibāl (جبال) was an administrative division located in western Iran, under the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates. It was roughly coterminous with the ancient country of Media. In the 10th century it came back under Buyid dynasty influence.
The word jibāl is Arabic for "mountains" and in this case refers to the Zagros mountains.[1]
See also
- Persian Iraq (the same region)
References
- ↑ ʿERĀQ-EʿAJAM(Ī) "Persian Iraq", Encyclopedia Iranica Online.
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