Thomas A. Carlson (eds.), "al-Ray" in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2970 al-Ray الري al-Rayy [T]he ancient Rag̲h̲ā, a city in the old Persian region of Media, during Islamic times in the province of D̲j̲ibāl (...). Its ruins may be seen about 5 miles south-southeast of Tehran (...) to the south of a spur projecting from Elburz into the plain. A city in northern Iran.ذكر المتغلّبين على الملك بعد موت السلطان أبي سعيد (...) ومنهم حسن خواجه بن الدّمرطاش بن الجوبان، تغلب على تبريز والسلطانيّة وهمدان، وقمّ وقاشان والريّ ورامين وفرغان والكرج 35.584692 51.467636 35.594267 51.447163 Attestation of name الري in the Kitāb al-buldān of Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2970 http://syriaca.org/place/2970 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903104 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rey,_Iran https://dbpedia.org/resource/Rey,_Iran https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903104Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past PlacesRoger BagnallRichard TalbertTom ElliottLindsay Holmanet al. Kitāb al-buldān Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī 269 Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār Ibn Baṭṭūta 240 Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition P. Bearman http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903104Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places Roger Bagnall Richard Talbert Tom Elliott Lindsay Holman et al. Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfārIbn Baṭṭūta240