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Daylam

Also known as Dailam, Deylam

Daylam was the mountainous region south-west of the Caspian Sea, in the highlands of modern Gilan and Qazvin provinces of Iran. Its people, the Daylamites, long resisted Arab conquest. From the 9th century it was ruled by local dynasties such as the Justanids, and in the 10th century the Buyids from Daylam took control of western Iran and Iraq.

Daylam
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Buyid dynastyFoundation

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Justanid dynastySallarid dynasty

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Daylam. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/daylam
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