Daylam (English spelling)

Japanese: ダイラム（英語表記）Daylam

An ancient name for the mountainous region on the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea. The region of Tabarestan in the east and Gilan in the west were also sometimes called Dairam in a broad sense, but more accurately, Dairam refers to the region between these two. Due to its rugged terrain, it did not become Islamized even during the Arab conquest, and it is said to have been a closed, patriarchal society ruled by a group called kadukhodā. The language spoken was a branch of Persian, and women also worked in agriculture and shepherding. From the second half of the 9th century, the Zaydi missionary work led to an increase in the number of people converting to Shiite Islam, and there was active expansion into the Islamic world.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

カスピ海南西岸の山岳地帯の古名。東のタバレスターン，西のギーラーン地方も広義のダイラムと呼ばれることがあったが，正確には，この両者にはさまれた地方をいう。峻険な地形のため，アラブの征服の時代にもイスラム化することがなく，キャドホダーkadukhodāと呼ばれる者が支配する，家父長制的で閉鎖的な社会であったという。言語はペルシア語の一分派で，女性も農耕に従事し，牧羊も行われていた。9世紀後半より，ザイド派の布教によってシーア派のイスラムに改宗するものが増え，イスラム世界への進出も活発になった。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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