Pars Pārs | |||||||||||
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Province of the Sasanian Empire | |||||||||||
224 – 651 | |||||||||||
Map of Pars during the late Sasanian era | |||||||||||
Capital | Istakhr | ||||||||||
Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||||||
• Established | 224 | ||||||||||
651 | |||||||||||
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Today part of | Iran |
Pars (Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 Pārs)[1] was a Sasanian province in Late Antiquity, which almost corresponded to the present-day province of Fars. The province bordered Khuzestan in the west, Kirman in the east, Spahan in the north, and Mazun in the south.