Rishehr
Ancient city · Iran
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 28.896, 50.832
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Rishahr or Rev Ardashir was a city on the Persian Gulf in medieval Iran and is currently an archaeological site near Bushehr.
History
Rishahr or Rev Ardashir was a city on the Persian Gulf in medieval Iran and is currently an archaeological site near Bushehr. It may be identical to the Antiochia-in-Persis of the Seleucid period, but was refounded by Ardashir I, the first ruler of the Sasanian Empire. In the Church of the East, it was seat of the metropolitan bishop of the province of Fars from at least 424. The name "Rew-Ardashir" means "Rich is Ardashir".