Bādūspān
The term Bādūspān (also: Bādūsbān , Fādūsbān ) referred to a mountain landscape of the Alborz in the northern Iranian province of Māzandarān (formerly: Ṭabarestān ) on the Caspian Sea in the medieval geography of Iran .
Bādūspān was a day's march from the southern, today's capital of the province of Māzandarān, Sarī . Since the region had no cities, there were no Friday mosques either . On the other hand, there were numerous villages in the region. Provincial rulers resided in Ūram Ḵāst and Manṣūra .
literature
- Eṣṭaḵrī, pp. 205-06 (Qādūsīān).
- Ebn Ḥawqal, tr. Kramers, pp. 316-18.
- Yāqūt, I, p. 216.