Kūrījān

Kurijan lies north of Hamadan in the upland country of western Iran. Fields and villages occupy the plains between the mountain ridges, with the great mass of Alvand rising to the south near Hamadan. The surrounding country connects the city with the routes and agricultural districts of the northern plateau. Hamadan's long importance as a centre between Mesopotamia and the Iranian interior gave the villages of its hinterland a place in a much older network of movement across the highlands.