A Survey and Analysis of the Towns and Cities And Unknown Places of Abdanan during the Earlier Islamic Centuries

Abdanan is one of the cities located in the southern east of Ilam Province.The author of this paper seeks to investigate the archeological ruins and monuments remained since the Sassanid and since the early Periods of Islam as well as since the Saljoughid period.But although these cities and towns have not been referred to in historical sources because Abdanan is not located along the main road,there is also no information available concerning the development and formation of these towns and cities and on the causes of their dilapidations and becoming obsolete.On the other hand,according to archeological studies,due to the similarity of the artistic works,especially the industry of ceramic work Pertaining to the Sassanid period and the early ages of Islam,these towns and cities have been attributed to the Sassanid period by mistake,while careful scientific studies reveal that although some of these towns and developed areas may have been built during the Sassanid era,the culmination of glory and their improvement is related to Islamic epoch,and even some of them have been constructed during the early Islamic ages.This article also attempts to investigate and recognize the cities and towns of Abdanan in the early Islamic times as well as their establishment times and the causes of their destruction according to archeological studies.