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1663:Barbarestan
1106:Baysonghor
1082:Manuscripts
932:Div-e Sepid
927:Arzhang Div
912:and animals
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1648:Mazandaran
1493:Gladiators
1328:Gladiators
1314:Saveh Shah
1309:Bozorgmehr
1125:of Rashida
1053:Structures
1026:Alborzkouh
1021:Mazandaran
991:Zabulistan
910:Creatures
849:Kashvadian
704:Gordafarid
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1855:Kasa-Roud
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1653:Hamavaran
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1658:Armania
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1741:Sistan
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