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Malayer ملایر
Malayer is a town in southern Hamadan province, founded by the Qajars in 1808, the same year as Sultanabad (Arak), to bring the country between Hamadan, Borujerd and Qom under control. Iranica lists Malayer among Iran's main carpet-producing areas of the 1970s.
Also Malāyer · Hossein Abad Malayer · Jozan
See also Hamadan, Sarouk, Nahavand
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