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Provinces of the Abbasid Caliphate with a Map

With the help of a map, can you guess all provinces that made up the Abbasid Caliphate at its peak around 850 AD?
Note that some of these provinces were ruled by autonomous dynasties within the caliphate.
Some provinces were only paritally ruled by the Tahirids while also partially being under direct control of the Caliph, thus they are listed twice. These borders are outlined in red.
(Mostly) according to this map.
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Provinces
(under the caliph)
 
Al-Awasim
 
Gilan
 
Al-Jazira
 
Hejaz
 
Al-Yamama
 
Iraq
 
Arran
 
Jibal
 
Azerbaijan
 
Kerman
 
Bahrain
 
Khuzestan
 
Barqa
 
Mosul
 
Bilad Al-Sham
 
Multan
 
Egypt
 
Sindh
 
Fars
 
 
Vassals
(under the caliph)
Arminiya
Bari
Beylagan
Brindisi
Crete
Hereti
Oman
Shirvan
Taranto
Taron
Tiflis
Yemen
Condominium with Rome
Cyprus
 
Provinces
(Aghlabid control)
Ifriqiya
Sicily
 
Vassals
(Aghlabid control)
Kutama
Nafusa
Provinces
(Tahirid control)
Fars
Gilan
Jibal
Kerman
Khorasan
Makran
Sistan
 
Vassals
(Tahirid control)
Bavands
Ghor
Khwarazm
Qarinvands
 
Province
(Samanid control)
Transoxiana
 
Vassals
(Samanid control)
Tokharistan
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Level 56
Apr 15, 2021
wow. so hard, but good
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Level 55
Mar 3, 2023
You should accept Tiflis for Tbilisi, as that's what the Arabs called the place.
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Level 60
Jul 31, 2023
Now the answer is Tiflis and Tbilisi is accepted too.