| Carmania Kārman | |
|---|---|
| Province of the Median Achaemenid, Seleucid, Arsacid, and Sasanian Empire | |
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| Capital | Arta/Jiroft[1] Sirgan/Sirkan |
| Historical era | Antiquity |
• Established | 6th century BC |
Carmania (‹See Tfd›Greek: Καρμανία, Old Persian: 𐎣𐎼𐎶𐎴𐎠, romanized: Karmanā,[2] Middle Persian: Kirmān[3]) is a historical region that approximately corresponds to the current province of Kerman, Iran, and was a province of many Iranic empires such as Medes, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian Empire. The region bordered Persia proper & the Persian Gulf in the west,[2] Makran & the Makran Sea in the south-east,[4] Parthia in the north (also known as Abarshahr),[4] and Aria to the northeast.[4]