Mughan was a province of the

Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (; ) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes ...

, in present-day

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. The capital was Bajravan. Other cities were

Barzand Barzand () is a village in the Ardabil Province of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northw ...

, Pilsavar, Mahmood Abad and Dezhman. Mughan State was located west of

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and south of the

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, encompassing the namesake plains region.

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