Ardashir-Khurra/Gur/[Firuzabad]
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, R. Wenke
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, P. Flensted Jensen, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 01, 2023 05:24 PM
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History
Ardashir-Khurra/Gur/[Firuzabad] was an ancient Persian city. Alexander of Macedonia destroyed the original settlement of Gōr, which was later revived by Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid dynasty.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922617
28.8528648953, 52.5326816606
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Gor (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ardashir-Khurra (30 BC - AD 640)
- Fīrūzābād (Firuzabad: Modern Persian)
- Gur (30 BC - AD 640)
- Ardashir-Khurra/Gur/[Firuzabad] part of (analytical) Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (modern)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 94 C5 Ardashir-Khurra/Gur/[Firuzabad]
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Firuzabad
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, R. Wenke, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, P. Flensted Jensen, and Tom Elliott, 'Ardashir-Khurra/Gur/[Firuzabad]: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922617> [accessed: 14 May 2025]
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