Eran-asan-kerd-Kawad orIran asan kar(t) Kavad (Middle Persian:𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭𐭪𐭫𐭪𐭥𐭠𐭲 ʾylʾnʾsʾnklkwʾt,^[1] meaning "Kavad [has] madeĒrān peaceful") was aSasanian city founded byKavad I (r. 488–496, 498–531) in theHulwan region.^[2] It was the capital of a province possibly identical to the Hulwan region and bordering the provinces of Syarazur (Shahrizor) andGaramig.^[3] The geographerJosef Markwart placed the city betweenAdiabene and Garamig. It is mentioned in bothArmenian sources and theMiddle PersianŠahrestānīhā ī Ērānšahr ("Provincial Capitals of Ērān").^[2]

• Daryaee, Touraj, ed. (2002).Šahrestānīhā Ī Ērānšahr: A Middle Persian Text on Late Antique Geography, Epic, and History. Mazda Publishers.
• Frye, R. N. (1983), "The political history of Iran under the Sasanians", inYarshater, Ehsan (ed.),The Cambridge History of Iran: The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian periods, vol. 3, Cambridge University Press, p. 136,ISBN 978-0-521-20092-9
• Gyselen, Rika (1998)."ĒRĀN-ĀSĀN-KERD-KAWĀD". InYarshater, Ehsan (ed.).Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. VIII/5: English IV–Eršād al-zerāʿa. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 536.ISBN 978-1-56859-054-7.
• Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. (1983),The Cambridge History of Iran: The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian periods, vol. 3, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1108, 1437,ISBN 978-0521246934

• Sasanian cities
• Kavad I

• Articles containing Middle Persian-language text
• CS1: long volume value