Tammisha
{{Short description|Medieval city in Tabaristan}}
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Tammisha (also spelled Tamisha or Tammishe; {{langx|fa|تَمیشَه|Tamīšah}}) was a medieval city in Tabaristan (north of Iran) on the foot of the Alborz mountain, serving as a place of high importance, often being the residence of princes.{{sfn|Bivar|Fehérvári|1999|p=36}} The city bordered the region of Gurgan, and featured a prominent wall, the Tammisha Wall, built in the Sasanian period. It was {{convert|11|km}} long and was stretched from the Gorgan Bay.{{sfn|Rekavandi|Sauer|2013}}{{sfn|Bivar|Fehérvári|1999|p=38}}
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- {{cite journal |last1=Bivar|first1=A. D. H.|last2 = Fehérvári |first2 = G. |year=1999 |title=The Walls of Tammīs̱ẖa |journal=Bulletin (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies) |volume=13 |pages=77–82 |jstor=4299573 }}
- {{cite encyclopedia | title = Tamiša Wall | last = Rekavandi | first = Hamid Omrani | last2 = Sauer |first2 = Eberhard W. | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/tamisa-wall | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica | year = 2013 }}
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