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Ostan

(Persian, “province”), an administrative and territorial unit in Iran, introduced in 1937. Heading an ostan is an ostandar (governor-general), appointed by the shah and subordinate to the minister of internal affairs. An ostan is subdivided into counties, (shahrestans).

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No references found			Presho had sued the owner of Ostan Thoraigh Comhlacht Teoranta hotel, Patrick Doohan, and the judge ruled that the director would be awarded 60,000 euros in compensation and costs for the loss of his home, reports the Telegraph. Irish filmmaker gets AC46,000 after house disappears while he's ... by Asian News International Mr Presho alleged his 19thcentury stone house was deliberately demolished, and brought a High Court action for trespass and physical damage against the hotel, Ostan Thoraigh Comhlacht Teoranta, and its owner Patrick Doohan. JUDGE AWARDS EUR46K FOR HOUSE THAT VANISHED; Land was used to build ... by The Mirror (London, England) Or head to Ostan Oileain Arainn (the Aran Islands Hotel) run by the O'Flaherty's for a bite to eat. SIGHTS FOR SORE EYES; There are never enough hours in the day in ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			Ossian Ossianic ballads ossicle Ossietzky Ossietzky, Carl Von ossify ossifying fibroma Ossining ossipite OSSL Ossoli, Marchesa Ossora Ossory Ossory, Thomas Butler, earl of Ossovskii, Aleksandr Ossovskii, Aleksandr Viacheslavovich Ossovskii, Petr Ossovskii, Petr Pavlovich Ossuary Ost Ost Plan ost-, oste-, osteo- OSTA Ostade Ostade, Adriaen van Ostan Ostankino Ostap Dluski Ostap Nikitovich Veresai Ostap Veresai Ostap Vishnia Ostara Ostariophysi Ostashkov Ostashkov Glaciation Ostberg, Ragnar Östberg, Ragnar Osteichthyes osteitis osteitis fibrosa cystica osteitis fibrosa generalisata Ostenberg, Olgerd Ostenberg, Olgerd Indrikovich Ostend Ostend Manifesto ostensive ostensory osteoarthritis osteoarthropathy Osteoblast osteochondritis			ossuary ossuary OSSUG OSSV OSSW OSSWA OSSWCC OSSWG OSSWIN OST OST OST Ost Allgäu Ost Plan ost-, oste-, osteo- OST-CPM Ost-Europa Centrums Niedersachsen OST-PR-CPM Ost-West Europaeische Perspektiven Ost-West Korporation Ost-West-Wissenschaftszentrum Ost/Osten OSTA OSTA OSTAC Ostad Ostad Ostade Ostade, Adriaen van Ostan Ostankino Ostankino Palace Ostap Dluski Ostap Nikitovich Veresai Ostap Veresai Ostap Veresay Ostap Vishnia OSTAR Ostara Ostara (Easter festival) Ostariophysan Ostariophysan Ostariophysans Ostariophysans Ostariophysi Ostariophysi OSTART Ostashkov Ostashkov Glaciation Ostaszków Ostaszkowo OSTB Ostbayrisches Technologie Transfer Institut OSTBC Ostberg, Ragnar Östberg, Ragnar OSTC

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