ĒRĀN-XWARRAH-ŠĀBUHR

 

ĒRĀN-XWARRAH-ŠĀBUHR (Ērān, glory of Šāpūr), Sasanian province (šahrestān) containing Susa and probably created by Šāpūr II (r. 309-379). Though Susa was given the epithet ēr-kar “made Iranian,” the capital of the province was actually Karḵa, renamed Ērān-xwarrah-Šābūhr-šahrestān for the occasion. The toponym was often deformed in the post-Sasanian period (see Nöldeke, Geschichte der Perser, p. 58, n. 1).

 

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(Rika Gyselen)

Originally Published: December 15, 1998

Last Updated: December 15, 2011

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