Natal, Iran

Natal (Persian: ناتل, also Romanized as Nātal and Nātel)[1] is a village in Natel Kenar-e Olya Rural District, in the Central District of Nur County, Mazandaran province, Iran.

[3] At the time of the Abbasid Caliphate, Natel was one of the major cities in Tabaristan and had a military garrison.

[3] Pottery samples dating from the Ilkhanid and Timurid periods was much rarer.

[3] Hanie Hossein-Nia Amirkolaei et al. described the pottery samples found at Natel as having "relatively good production quality and strength, but a lower level in terms of manufacturing technique and diversity of motifs".

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