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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 Research Encyclopedia of Classics. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.882. ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5. 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.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Buck, Christopher (1999). Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Baháí̕ Faith. SUNY Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780791497944.