Kirmānshāhān (Iran : Province)

found: BGN (1984), 07-10-91(Kermānshāhān, Ostan-e; variant: Kermānshāh; ADM 1; 34°30ʹN, 47°00ʹE)

found: GEOnet, Nov. 19, 2001(Kermānshāhān, Ostān-e; variants include Bākhtarān, Panjom, Kordestān va Kermānshāh)

found: Encyclopædia Iranica, viewed on May 7, 2019:under Kermanshah, geography (the province Kermāns̆ahān was created out of the division of the Fifth Province (Ostān-e panjom) [no publs. in LC database]; the name of Kermāns̆ahān Province was changed to Bākhtarān after the establishment of the Islamic Republic; in the early 1990s, the name of the province was changed to Kermāns̆ah without the suffix -ān; the name of the capital city of the province was also called Bākhtarān for roughly the same time period)

found: Columbia gazetteer of the world, viewed online May 7, 2019: under Kermanshah (province of Iran formerly known as Bakhtaran and sometimes called Kermanshahan)

found: Statoids.com, viewed on May 7, 2019:under Provinces of Iran ( "As for the province, all sources prior to 1969 called it Kermanshah. From 1969 to 1985, most sources (12 out of 17) called it Kermanshahan. The other five were probably just copying the name from their own earlier editions. From 1996 to 2001, I find a mixture, with three occurrences of Kermanshah, three of Kermanshahan, and three of Bakhtaran. Since 2001, five sources are unanimously agreed on Kermanshah.")

[SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Kirmānshāh (Iran : Province).]
[Old catalog heading: Kermānshāhān, Iran (Province)]