Suristan
The Middle Persian toponym Sūristān, used during the Sasanian period (224–651), had two meanings:
- Sūristān, another name for Asoristan,[1][2] the Sasanian province also known as "Dil-i Ērānshahr"[1]
- Sūristān, today's Kufa in Iraq, according to al-Baladhuri's account of the foundation of Kufa[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Schaeder 1997: "the Sāsānid province of Sūristān (Dil-i Ērāns̲h̲ahr)"
- ^ Sakly & Darley-Doran 2002: "Locating the town [Wāsiṭ] on the mediaeval course of the Tigris in the ancient Sāsānid province of Sūristān, which was situated in the centre of Lower Mesopotamia or the Sawād, poses one of the most difficult problems of the historical geography of mediaeval Babylonia (M. Streck, EI 1 art. Wāsiṭ)."
- ^ Al-Baladhuri. History of the Arab Invasions. p. 286.
Sources
[edit]- Sakly, Mondher & Darley-Doran, R. (2002). "Wāsiṭ". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume XI: W–Z. Leiden: E. J. Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_1343. ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2.
- Schaeder, H. H. (1997). "Sawād". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume IX: San–Sze. Leiden: E. J. Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_6666. ISBN 978-90-04-10422-8.
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