Carmania (region)

Carmania
Kirmān
Carmania Kirmān
Province of the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Arsacid, and Sasanian Empire
6th century BC–650 AD
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Capital	Karmana; Shiragan
Historical era	Antiquity
• 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]

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