Abar-Kavad (also spelled Abar-Kawad; meaning "Superior is Kavad"), known in

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sources as Abarqubadh and Abazqubadh, was a sub-district in the

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province of

Meshan Meshan (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭩𐭱𐭠𐭭) was a province of the Sasanian Empire. It consisted of the Parthian vassal kingdom of Characene and reached north along the Shatt al-Arab river and then the lower Tigris to Madhar and possibly further ...

. During the

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, it was defended by a certain Faylakan. In 635 (or 637) Abar-Kavad was seized by the

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military officer

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