| LC control no. | n 91115820 |
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| Geographic heading | Nahāvand (Iran) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Iran--Nahāvand |
| Variant(s) | Nehavend (Iran) Nihavand (Iran) |
| Found in | BGN, Iran (Nahāvand, 34 ̊12' N, 48 ̊22' E) Lippincott, 1961: (Nehavend, also spelled Nahavand or Nihavand; in W central Iran, 75 mi. ESE of Kermanshah; site of battle (A.D. 642) bet. Arab & Persian armies, resulting in overthrow of Sassanian dynasty and beginning of Arab rule in Iran. Here, also, Abbas the Great defeated the Turks in 1602) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 34°11ʹ31ʺN 048°21ʹ57ʺE) |
| Geographic area code | a-ir--- |
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