Daylam Explained

Daylam (Persian: دیلم), also known in the plural form Daylaman (Persian: دیلمان) (and variants such as Dailam, Deylam, and Deilam), was the name of a mountainous region of inland Gilan, Iran.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} It was so named for its inhabitants, known as the Daylamites.^[6]

The Church of the East established a metropolitan diocese for Daylam and Gilan around 790 under Shubhalishoʿ.^[7]

See also

• Buyid dynasty
• Daylami language
• Talysh people
• al-Daylami
• Zaydiyyah
• Nizari Ismaili state

Bibliography

• Book: Amedroz . Henry F. . Henry Frederick Amedroz . Margoliouth . David S. . David Samuel Margoliouth . The Eclipse of the 'Abbasid Caliphate. Original Chronicles of the Fourth Islamic Century, Vol. V: The concluding portion of The Experiences of Nations by Miskawaihi, Vol. II: Reigns of Muttaqi, Mustakfi, Muti and Ta'i . Basil Blackwell . Oxford . 1921 .

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Notes and References

1. Book: The Cambridge History of Iran. Frye. Richard Nelson. Fisher. William Bayne. Madelung. W.. 1975-06-26. Cambridge University Press. 9780521200936. en.
2. Book: The Cambridge History of Iran. Frye. Richard Nelson. Fisher. William Bayne. Bosworth. C. E.. 1975-06-26. Cambridge University Press. 9780521200936. en.
3. Web site: BUYIDS - Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. IV, Fasc. 6. Tilman. Nagel. 1990. www.iranicaonline.org. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London u.a.. 578–586. en. 2017-03-04.
4. Book: Donohue, John J.. The Buwayhid Dynasty in Iraq 334h., 945 to 403h., 1012: Shaping Institutions for the Future. 2003-01-01. BRILL. 9004128603. en. 3 February 2014.
5. Book: Kabir, Mafizullah . The Buwayhid Dynasty of Baghdad, 334/946-447/1055 . 1964-01-01 . Iran Society . en . Mafizullah Kabir . 3 February 2014.
6. Web site: DEYLAMITES – Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. BII, Fasc. 4. Wilferd Madelung. Wolfgang Felix. 1995. www.iranicaonline.org. 342–347. en. 2017-03-04.
7. , p. 166.