Color photos of homeland a hundred years ago

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The ancient Parthian town of Tiran had a neighbour, Mehran (“abode of Mehr/Mithra”, the Zoroastrian sun/justice angel). Both of these were mere villages in the suburbs of the great city of Ray/Rhages. Mehran still exists as a residential district in Greater capital, as well as Ray, which forms the southern suburbs of capital.

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