Qumis (region)
Qūmis (Arabic: قومس, from Persian: کومس / کومش, romanized: Kōmis / Kōmiš; Ancient Greek: Κωμισηνή, romanized: Kōmisēnē; Old Armenian: Կոմշ, romanized: Komsh), was a province in pre-Islamic Persia, lying between the southern Alborz chain watershed and the northern fringes of the Dasht-e Kavir.Its western boundaries lay in the eastern rural districts of Ray while in the east it marched with Khurasan.It was bisected by the Great Khurasan Road, along which were situated the major cities of (from west to east) Khuwar (now Aradan), Semnan, Shahr-i Qumis ("Hecatompylos", the administrative capital, now Damghan), and Bistam, while in its southeastern extremity lay the town of Biyar (now Beyarjomand).There are remains of several Ismaili stronghlolds in the region, notably Gerdkuh, most of which were captured during the Mongol campaign against the Nizaris, which began in 1253.Currently, the region is divided between the modern provinces of Mazandaran and Semnan.