Ardashir-Khwarrah
Ardashir-Khwarrah (Middle Persian: Arđaxšēr-Xwarra, meaning "glory of Ardashir") was one of the four (later five) administrative divisions of the Sasanian province of Pars. The other administrative divisions were Shapur-Khwarrah, Istakhr and Darabgerd, while a fifth named Arrajan was founded in the early 6th century by Kavadh I (r. 498–531).
| Ardashir-Khwarrah Arđaxšēr-Xwarra | |||||||||
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| Administrative division of Sasanian Pars | |||||||||
| ca. 224 – 651 | |||||||||
Map of Sasanian Pars | |||||||||
| Capital | Gor | ||||||||
| Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||||
• Established | 224 | ||||||||
| 651 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Bahrain Iran Kuwait Qatar United Arab Emirates | ||||||||
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