Historical place profile
Veh Shapur/Bishapur
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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:922740
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:922740
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 29.777635, 51.570939
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
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.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 94 B4 Veh Shapur/Bishapur
Source and reuse
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Research path
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