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Gorgan (gôrgän`) or Jurjan (j  rjän`), town (1991 pop. 162,468), N Iran, E of the Caspian Sea. The surrounding region yields abundant grain and has extensive forests and marshes. Items of trade include carpets. The surrounding area, the ancient Hyrcania, was captured by the Arabs (716) and conquered by the Mongols (13th cent.). Aga Muhammad Khan, the founder of the Qajar dynasty, was born there, and the town flourished (c.1800) with the rise of the dynasty. It was formerly called Astrabad or Asterabad. |
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The report stated that on 9 October, eight delegates and a medical delegate from the ICRC Teheran delegation went to the Gorgan camp to see the approximately 3,400 Iraqi POWs who, according to Iranian authorities, were interned there. |
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