Varkana/Hyrcania/Gurgan
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, E.J. Keall
Creators: M. Roaf, E.J. Keall
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Enes Yılandiloğlu
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 31, 2026 09:18 AM
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History
An important region of ancient Iran located between the Caspian Sea and the Harborz Mons.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/942333
37.1, 56.3
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (unspecified date range)
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- جرجان (Cürcān: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- جرجانه خوارزم (Cürcāne-i Ḫˇārezm: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Gurgan (Middle Persian, unspecified date range)
- Gürgenc-i Ṣuġrā (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Ὑρκανία (Hyrkanía: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- varkāna (Varkana: Ca. 600-400 B.C. Persian, Old, unspecified date range)
- Varkana/Hyrcania/Gurgan connection Caspium/Hyrcanium Mare (unspecified date range)
- Varkana/Hyrcania/Gurgan connection Padishkhwar(gar)?/Pressouar?/Harborz M. (unspecified date range)
- Varkana/Hyrcania/Gurgan part of (administrative) Sasanian Empire (AD 224 - AD 651)
- Achriane connection Varkana/Hyrcania/Gurgan (unspecified date range)
- Great Wall of Gorgan located in Varkana/Hyrcania/Gurgan (unspecified date range)
region
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 96 C2 Varkana/Hyrcania/Gurgan
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: IRN/TKM.
M. Roaf, E.J. Keall, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Varkana/Hyrcania/Gurgan: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/942333> [accessed: 18 May 2026]
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