Veh-Ardashir
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right|thumb|Map of the southwestern Sasanian province of Asoristan and its surroundings Veh-Ardashir (also spelled as Beh-Ardashir and Weh-Ardashir), was an ancient Sasanian city in present-day Iraq, and formed a suburb of their capital, Ctesiphon.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Veh-Ardashir
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Beh-Ardashir, Weh-Ardashir
- Ancient site.image
- Ctesiphon map-en.svg
- Ancient site.caption
- Archeological map of Seleucia and Ctesiphon sites
- Ancient site.map_type
- Iraq
- Ancient site.map_alt
- Veh-Ardashir lies in the center of Iraq
- Ancient site.location
- Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
- Ancient site.region
- Mesopotamia
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.builder
- Ardashir I
- Ancient site.built
- 230 AD
- Ancient site.cultures
- Sasanian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Part of
- Seleucia-Ctesiphon
- Country
- Sasanian Empire
- Located in
- Asuristan
- Body of water
- Euphrates
- Founded by
- Ardashir I
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- inception
- 0230-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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right|thumb|Map of the southwestern Sasanian province of Asoristan and its surroundings Veh-Ardashir (also spelled as Beh-Ardashir and Weh-Ardashir), was an ancient Sasanian city in present-day Iraq, and formed a suburb of their capital, Ctesiphon.
== History == Originally known as Seleucia, the city was rebuilt and renamed in 230 by the founder of the Sasanian Empire, king Ardashir I (r. 224-240). The city was known as Mahoza by the Jews, Kokhe (Syriac) by the Christians, and Behrasir by the Arabs. Veh-Ardashir was populated by many wealthy Jews, and was the seat of the Patriarch of the Church of the East.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Veh-Ardashir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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