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Jibāl (جبال) was a short-lived Arab-ruled province located in western Iran, under the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. A caliphate (from the Arabic خلافة or khilāfa) is the political leadership of the Muslim community in classical and medieval Islamic history It was roughly coterminous with the ancient country of the Medes. Media (known in Greek also as Medea, Μηδία was a historic land inhabited by Medes, bounded on the north by Araxes, on the west by Tigris In 10th century it came back under Persian rule (Buyid dynasty). The Buyids (آل بویه Āl-e Buye, Caspian: Bowyiyün also known as Buwaihids or Buyyids, were a Shī‘ah Iranian

The word jibāl is Arabic for" mountain" and in this case refers to the Zagros mountains. The Zagros Mountains (جبال زاجروس (رشته كوههاى زاگرس ( Sorani Kurdish: Zagros - زاگرۆس make up Iran 's and Iraq 's


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