Sari (/Sari/ , ; also
Romanized as
Sari; also known as
Shahr-i-Tajan and
Shari-i-Tajan) is the provincial capital of
Mazandaran and former capital of
Iran (for a short period), located in the north of
Iran, between the northern slopes of the
Alborz Mountains and southern coast of the
Caspian Sea. Sari is the largest and most populous city of Mazandaran.