ʿAbbādān (Ābādān) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Knysh, Alexander D.
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Leiden
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Brill
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ʿAbbādān (modern-day Ābādān ) is an island and city in the Shaṭṭ al-ʿArab, in the province of Khūzistān, in southwestern Iran. Located thirty-three miles (fifty-three kilometres) from the head of the Persian Gulf, it constitutes part of the combined delta of the Kārūn, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, along with their numerous tributaries. The island is forty-two miles long (sixty-eight kilometres) and ranges from two to twelve miles wide (three to nineteen kilometres), although it must have been much smaller during the Middle Ages. Over the