Parsua
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Parsua was an ancient land located between Zamua
(formerly: Lullubi
) and Ellipi
, in central Zagros to the southwest of Sanandaj
, Iran
. The name Parsua is from old Iranian *Parsava and presumably meant border, borderland. Parsua was distinct from Parsumash located further southeast in what is today known as Fars province in Iran
.
Zamua
Zamua was an ancient kingdom, corresponding with the earlier kingdom of Lullubi, which stretched from lake Urmia to the upper reaches of the Diyala River, roughly corresponding with the modern Sulaimania governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was centered at Sharazur plain.Ameka and Arashtua were two...
(formerly: Lullubi
Lullubi
The Lullubi or Lulubi were a group of tribes during the 3rd millennium BC, from a region known as Lulubum, now the Sharazor plain of in the Zagros Mountains of modern Iran...
) and Ellipi
Ellipi
Ellipi was an ancient kingdom located on the western side of the Zagros , between Babylonia at the west, Media at the north east, Mannae at the north and Elam at the south. The inhabitants of Ellipi were close relatives of the Elamites....
, in central Zagros to the southwest of Sanandaj
Sanandaj
Sanandaj , also Romanized as Senneh and Sinneh) is a city in and the capital of Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 311,446, in 81,380 families....
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. The name Parsua is from old Iranian *Parsava and presumably meant border, borderland. Parsua was distinct from Parsumash located further southeast in what is today known as Fars province in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
.