Proper noun
(historical) Hyrcania.
(historical) An old city in the region of Hyrcania destroyed in the Mongol invasion; Jurjan.
Capital of the modern-day Golestan province of Iran; formerly called Astrabad.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgCentral Iraq submitted in 945, before the Būyids took Kermān (967), Oman (967), the Jazīra (979), Ṭabaristān (980), and Gorgan (981). Source: Internet