Carmania (region)

Not to be confused with Karamania.
Carmania
Kirmān
Province of the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Arsacid, and Sasanian Empire
6th century BC–650 AD

CapitalKarmana[1]
Shiragan
Historical eraAntiquity
• Established
6th century BC
• Annexed by the Rashidun Caliphate
650 AD

Carmania (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 the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian Empire. The region bordered Persia proper in the west,[2] Gedrosia in the south-east,[4] Parthia in the north (later known as Abarshahr),[4] and Aria to the northeast.[4] Carmania was considered part of Ariana.[5]

  1. ^ Roaf (2012)
  2. ^ a b Lendering (1997)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Iranica:Kerman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Schmitt (1990), pp. 822-823
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Brunner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).