Daylam

 ( Historical Regions Of Iran ) 

Daylam (), also known in the plural form Daylaman (دیلمان) (and variants such as Dailam, Deylam, and Deilam), was the name of a mountainous region of inland Gilan, Iran.

(1975). 9780521200936, Cambridge University Press. . ISBN 9780521200936

John J. Donohue (2003). 9789004128606, BRILL. . ISBN 9789004128606

It was so named for its inhabitants, known as the Daylamites.

The Church of the East established a metropolitan diocese for Daylam and Gilan around 790 under Shubhalisho., p. 166.

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See also

• Buyid dynasty
• Daylami language
• Talysh people
• al-Daylami
• Zaydiyyah
• Nizari Ismaili state

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