Veh Shapur/Bishapur
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
Apr 13, 2017 05:21 PM
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History
Veh Shapur/Bishapur was an ancient city in Iran on the ancient road between Persis and Elam. This ancient and medieval town in Fārs was, in the Sasanian period, the administrative center of one of the five districts in the province of Fārs.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922740
29.7779115, 51.5710073
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Bishapur (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Bishapur (30 BC - AD 640)
- Veh Shapur (30 BC - AD 640)
- Veh Shapur/Bishapur part of (analytical) Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (modern)
- Gur-i Shapur located near Veh Shapur/Bishapur (unspecified date range)
settlement
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 94 B4 Veh Shapur/Bishapur
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Shapur
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, R. Wenke, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, P. Flensted Jensen, and Tom Elliott, 'Veh Shapur/Bishapur: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922740> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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