Babol


 
 

Babol (بابل in Persian) is a city in the Iranian province of Mazandaran, north-east of Tehran. It is the region's chief commercial center and was once the major trading center of northern Iran.

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Founded in the 16th century, it was built on the site of the ancient city of Mamter. Babol was formerly called Barforush.

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Persian: Persian can refer to:...

Iran: Iran (Persian: ?????) is a Middle Eastern country located in Southwest Asia bordering Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkmenistan to the north, Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, Turkey and Iraq to the west. Although locally known as Iran at least since the Sassanian period, until 1935 the country was ...

Mazandaran: Mazandaran (مازندران in Persian) is a province in northern Iran, bordering the Caspian Sea in the north. Mazandaran or Mazenderan was a part of the Persian province of Hyrcania....

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