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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of western Iran west-southwest of Tehran. An ancient city, it was captured by Alexander the Great in 330 BC and later ruled by Seleucid kings, Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs (after c. AD 645).

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Examples

  • Turks re-conquer the Jews and kill Alroy, thus concluding the action where the novel began, with the Jewish people in Hamadan under Turkish control.

    Introduction - Critical Apparatus 2005

  • Another anecdote is told of a priest in Hamadan, whose daughter was married to an Armenian who went to India on business which detained him some time.

    Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

  • From this mountain it is a journey of twenty days to Hamadan, which is the great city of Media, where there are 30,000 Israelites.

    The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela

  • It is seen that with improved communication Russian trade may be made to compete successfully at Hamadan, which is only about fifty miles further from the Caspian Sea base than Tehran, and there will also be the advantage of a return trade in cotton from

    Persia Revisited Thomas Edward Gordon 1873

  • Though our business was already hit by recession and the terror attacks, we still used to get customers who were staying in the hotel, but now there is no one, 'Hamadan's Khan explained.

    India eNews 2009

  • Though our business was already hit by recession and the terror attacks, we still used to get customers who were staying in the hotel, but now there is no one, 'Hamadan's Khan explained.

    India eNews 2009

  • Though our business was already hit by recession and the terror attacks, we still used to get customers who were staying in the hotel, but now there is no one, 'Hamadan's Khan explained.

    AndhraCafe.com 2009

  • Though our business was already hit by recession and the terror attacks, we still used to get customers who were staying in the hotel, but now there is no one, 'Hamadan's Khan explained.

    India Press Release 2009

  • Ecbatana: Modern Hamadan in western Iran, it was the Median capital and major palace center under the Persian Empire.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Ecbatana: Modern Hamadan in western Iran, it was the Median capital and major palace center under the Persian Empire.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

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