Back أشورستان Arabic ܒܝܬ ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ ARC Asorustan Azerbaijani Asoristan Catalan Ασοριστάν Greek Asuristán Spanish دل ایرانشهر Persian Assuristan French Asuristan Italian آسورستان PNB
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| Asōristān | |||||||||
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| Province of the Sasanian Empire | |||||||||
| 226–637 | |||||||||
 Map of Asoristan and its surrounding provinces | |||||||||
| Capital | Ctesiphon | ||||||||
| Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||||
| 226 | |||||||||
| 633 | |||||||||
| 637 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Iraq | ||||||||
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Asoristan (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 Asōristān, Āsūristān) was the name of the Sasanian province of Assyria and Babylonia from 226 to 637.[1][2][3]
- ^ Nicholson, Oliver (2018). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. p. 1008. ISBN 9780198662778.
Asuristan or Suristan (from Assyria)
- ^ Dalley, Stephanie (Dec 22, 2015). "Assyria". Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved Jul 29, 2024.
the province of Assyria formed by Trajan in 116 CE and abandoned by Hadrian (Eutr. 8. 2; Ruf. Fest. 14 and 20) corresponds to the later Sasanid 'Asorestan' with a new royal city at Ctesiphon.
- ^ Buck, Christopher (1999). Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Baháí̕ Faith. SUNY Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780791497944.
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