Qōmis

Qumis was a historic region on the southern flank of the Alborz, between the Iranian interior and Khorasan. Its dry plains contained the ancient site of Shahr-e Qumis, identified by archaeologists with the Parthian capital Hecatompylos. Farther east, Damghan became the principal town of the region. Early Islamic writers sometimes used the name Qumis for Damghan itself, though the ancient site and the later city were distinct.