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were also sometimes included. Khuzistan was one of the first provinces to fall during the
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305:Under the
1414:Khuzistan
1356:Balasagan
1351:Asoristan
1326:Abarshahr
1081:"Elymais"
1072:163839498
928:242624054
761:Miri 2012
749:Miri 2012
725:Miri 2012
590:Miri 2013
578:Frye 1984
541:Bahram IV
437:Khosrow I
406:Bahram II
387:Hormizd I
307:Parthians
257:Districts
227:Khuzestan
203:Khuzistan
22:Khuzistan
1510:Suristan
1495:Sakastan
1429:Khwarazm
1383:Garmekan
1361:Dihistan
1276:45176698
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1101:Sasanika
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875:(2008).
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498:Iranians
482:Sakastan
468:(West),
466:xwarārān
464:(East),
462:xwarāsān
383:Shushtar
337:Shapur I
279:Shushtar
219:Sasanian
217:) was a
215:Hūzistān
207:Huzistan
24:Hūzistān
1490:Parthia
1475:Paradan
1445:Makuran
1346:Armenia
1336:Albania
992:(ed.).
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506:Aramaic
474:abāxtar
457:spahbed
426:Kavad I
352:Parthia
311:Elymais
301:History
247:Elamite
157:Elymais
91:•
54:Capital
38:224–642
1505:Spahan
1500:Sogdia
1465:Meshan
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1388:Gurgan
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470:nēmrōz
424:Under
418:mowbed
356:Kartir
295:Dauraq
267:rostag
263:Arabic
1520:Yemen
1515:Turan
1460:Media
1455:Mazun
1393:Harev
1366:Egypt
1272:JSTOR
1200:JSTOR
1097:(PDF)
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195:Iran
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