Cartele Abad or Kartil Abad, is an ancient village 80 miles of south

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(ancient Hamadan). This village was founded during the

Sassanid The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranian peoples, Iranians"), was an List of monarchs of Iran, Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, th ...

period. Mobed Karteer (Zoroasterian Priest Karteer) founded it, whom the city was named after. Kartil or Cartele is neo-Persian pronunciation for ancient Karteer and Abad is the equivalent of Burg in European countries.

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Sasanian cities Hamadan province {{Hamadan-geo-stub