Michael Morony
Articles by Michael Morony
- BĒṮ SELŌḴ
BĒṮ SELŌḴ, “house of Seleucos,” abbreviation of Karkā ḏe Bēṯ Selōḵ, “fortress of the house of Seleucos,” the capital city…
- BĒṮ DARAYĒ
BĒṮ DARAYĒ (Arabic Bādarāyā), a district southeast of the lower Nahrawān canal in Gōḵē (Arż Jūḵā), Iraq, linked administratively with…
- BĒṮ GARMĒ
BĒṮ GARMĒ, a region and province in northeastern Iraq named after a people, possibly a Persian tribe, called Garamaioi by…
- BĒṮ LAPAṬ
BĒṮ LAPAṬ, the Syriac name for Vēh Antiōk Šāpūr (Gondēšāpūr), founded in ca. 260 by Šāpūr I in Ḵūzestān with…
- BĒṮ ĀRAMAYĒ
BĒṮ ĀRAMAYĒ, lit. “land of the Arameans,” the region and Sasanian province of Āsōristān in Iraq between the Jabal Ḥamrīn and…
- BEH-QOBĀD
BEH-QOBĀD (Mid. Pers. Vēh-Kavāt), an administrative district created by the Sasanian king Qobād I in the early sixth century along…
- BEH-ARDAŠĪR
BEH-ARDAŠĪR (Mid. Pers. Vēh-Ardaxšēr, Ar. Bahorasīr), name of two cities founded by the first Sasanian king of kings, Ardašīr I…
- IRAQ i. IN THE LATE SASANID AND EARLY ISLAMIC ERAS
IRAQ AND ITS RELATIONS WITH IRAN i. IN THE LATE SASANID AND EARLY ISLAMIC ERAS The late Sasanid era. The…
- MADĀʾEN
MADĀʾEN (lit. the cities; Ar. sing. Madina, cf. Aram. pl. Māḥozē or Medinātā), the Sasanian metropolitan area of several contiguous…