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After prevalence of
Aryans and migration of natives, Achaemenian subordinated new
dwellers after some times. In the year 30 AH, during the capliphate
of Osman, Saad-Ebn-Aas, the governor of kufah, conquered the coasts
of Tabarestan, Roomian, and Damavand. During the caliphate of Abou
Jafar Mansour (136-158 AH), the second Abbasi caliph, the people of
Tabarestan revolted against him. Finally, Vandad Homroz established
an independent dynasty in Tabarestan in 167 AH.
In the year 426 AH,
Sultan Mahmoud Ghaznavi entered Tabarestan through Gorgan and badly
damaged people.
Sultan Mohamad
Kharazmshah conquered Tabarestan in 606 AH. Tgen Mongols governed
the region and finally Taymourian overtherw them. After the death of
Amir Taymour, Sadat Marashi (807-850 AH) returned to the region and
ruled over there. Theycompletely lost their power in the reign of
Shah Abbas I. After the dissolution of feudal government of
Tabarestan, which continued till 1006 AH, the region was dominated
by Shah Abbas I and next Safavid kings.In the reign of Nader Shah a
shipbuilding workshop was established in Mazandaran for confronation
with enemis especially the Russians. In the reign of Fathali Shah
Ghajar the verdant region of Mazandaran was paid due attention as a
recreational area. During Pahlavi time some access roads were
constructed over there as other parts of the country. Suitable
environmental conditions, pleasant and moderate climate, beautiful
natural landscapes, and closeness to Tehran have caused this
province to be one of the main recreational and tourism areas of the
country.
From natural attractions point of view, Mazandaran province (despite
of is small area) is one of the worth-seeing places of Iran. The
Caspian Sea, rivers, waterfalls, springs and hydrotherapy centers,
recreational areas, luxuriant forest and lush vegetation, protected
regions, lofty mountains, caves, and ..are amongst the attractions
of this province. There have remained less historical monuments due
to the climatic conditions of Mazandaran province, but yet
considerable historical and religious sites as well as places of
pilgrimage exist in the region, which annually attract uncountable
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