Jibal
Encyclopedia
Jibāl was a short-lived Arab-ruled province located in western Iran
, under the Abbasid
Caliphate
of Baghdad. It was roughly coterminous with the ancient country of the Medes. In 10th century it came back under Persian rule (Buyid dynasty).
The word jibāl is Arabic for "mountain" and in this case refers to the Zagros mountains
.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, under the Abbasid
Abbasid
The Abbasid Caliphate or, more simply, the Abbasids , was the third of the Islamic caliphates. It was ruled by the Abbasid dynasty of caliphs, who built their capital in Baghdad after overthrowing the Umayyad caliphate from all but the al-Andalus region....
Caliphate
Caliphate
The term caliphate, "dominion of a caliph " , refers to the first system of government established in Islam and represented the political unity of the Muslim Ummah...
of Baghdad. It was roughly coterminous with the ancient country of the Medes. In 10th century it came back under Persian rule (Buyid dynasty).
The word jibāl is Arabic for "mountain" and in this case refers to the Zagros mountains
Zagros Mountains
The Zagros Mountains are the largest mountain range in Iran and Iraq. With a total length of 1,500 km , from northwestern Iran, and roughly correlating with Iran's western border, the Zagros range spans the whole length of the western and southwestern Iranian plateau and ends at the Strait of...
.