Iraq-i Ajam

Formerly a province of Persia (Iran), almost corresponding to ancient Media, stretching from the Mesopotamian plains on the west to the great desert of Persia on the east.

Iraq-i Ajam was known to the Arab geographers as ‘al-Jibal’ (the mountains) and came to be known as Iraq-i Ajam (or Iraq Ajemi) in the 12th century. It included Hamadan, Esfahan, Qom, Kashan, Rai, Qazvin, and Zanjan.