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 .
4-870: 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 . In the Talmud , it is written as Ardashir, located across
8-618: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Seleucia (Sittacene) Seleucia ( Greek : Σελεύκεια , also transliterated as Seleuceia , Seleukeia , Seleukheia ; formerly Coche or Mahoza , also Veh Ardashir ) was an ancient city near the Euphrates river and across the Tigris from the better-known Seleucia on the Tigris , in Sittacene , Mesopotamia . The editors of
12-483: The Tigris from the city of Ctesiphon. The city was walled and was circular by design. A governor marzban (general of a frontier province, " margrave ") is known to have resided in a fortress in the northern part of this city in ca. 420. During the mid-5th century, a flooding occurred in Veh-Ardashir, which divided the city in two. This resulted in a decline of the city, and the abandonment of many parts of
16-581: The city. During the reign of king Khosrow II (590-628), a palace was constructed near a garden named Bagh-i Hinduvan (meaning "the garden of the Indians "). In 636, Veh-Ardashir was captured by the Arab general Khalid ibn Urfuta during the Muslim conquest of Persia . This Iranian history -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Iraq geographical location article
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