Paradan
Paradan | |||||||||
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| 125–c.650 CE | |||||||||
![Core territory and possible maximum extent of Paradan.[1]](/File:Map_of_Paradan.png) Core territory and possible maximum extent of Paradan.[1] | |||||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||
• Established | 125 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | c.650 CE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Afghanistan Pakistan | ||||||||
Paradan or Paratan was a province of the Paratarajas and the Sasanian Empire. It was constituted from the present-day Balochistan region, which is divided between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Paratarajas
Evidence from coins shows that it was located in what is now north-eastern Balochistan, centered around the town of Loralai (now in Pakistan), further east than traditionally thought.[2] Thus it was located roughly where the map places the province of Turan.[1] Paradan has been associated with the territory of the historical Paratarajas (125-300 CE).[3]
Sasanian Empire
The province of Paradan is mentioned in Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht of 262 CE, one of the many provinces of the Sasanian Empire:[4][5]
"And I (
)."— Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht (262 CE), translation by Josef Wiesehöfer (1996).[6][7][8]
Traditionally, Paradan was held to be further west, in the area of western Balochitan.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Tandon, Pankaj (2012). "The Location and Kings of Paradan". Studia Iranica. 41: 46.
- ^ Tandon 2012
- ^ Tandon 2012
- ^ Gardner 2014, p. 57.
- ^ Tandon (2012). "The Location And Kings Of Paradan". Studia Iranica (41): 28.
- ISBN 978-1860646751.
- ISBN 978-1-61069-391-2.
- ISBN 978-3-406-09397-5.
Sources
- Brunner, Christopher (1983). "Geographical and Administrative divisions: Settlements and Economy". The Cambridge History of Iran: The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian periods (2). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 747–778. ISBN 978-0-521-24693-4.
- Tandon, Pankaj. 2012. "The Location and Kings of Paradan" Studia Iranica, 41 pp 25-56. http://people.bu.edu/ptandon/Paradan.pdf
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