Meshan
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Sasanian conquest | 224 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Iraq Kuwait | ||||||||
Meshan (
Malays (the Malays may have been slaves brought from the Indian sub-continent). The province was very fertile, the best place for barley according to Strabo, and contained many date palms. It was also an important trading province along the Persian Gulf.[1]
History
In, the first ruler of the
Shapur Mishanshah, is confirmed to have ruled Meshan from an unknown date until his death in 260, and was probably succeeded by his wife Denag
.
According to the inscription of king Narseh (r. 293-302), known as the Paikuli inscription, Meshan was ruled by an Iranian aristocrat named Adurfarrobay, who would later rebel against Narseh and support a claimant to the Sasanian throne, Bahram III.
During the 5th century, Vahman-Ardashir had seemingly succeeded Karkh Meshan as the capital of Meshan, due to its mention as the chief city of Meshan by Syriac sources.
The port of
Obolla (Apologos) was located in this province.[4]
Population
Like most of the other western Sasanian provinces such as
Malays may also have been deported to Meshan, either as captives or recruited sailors.[citation needed
]
References
- ^ The Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 3(2): The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian Periods, ed. Ehsan Yarshater (NY: Cambridge UP, 1983), 754-757.
- ^ Sundermann, Werner. "Manicheism v. Missionary Activity and Technique". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ISBN 90-04-03902-3.
- ^ "OBOLLA – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
Sources
- Morony, M. (1988). "BAHMAN-ARDAŠĪR". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 5. p. 494.
- ISBN 90-04-09791-0.
- Bosworth, C. E. (1986). "ʿARAB i. Arabs and Iran in the pre-Islamic period". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 2. pp. 201–203.
- Hansman, John (1991). "CHARACENE and CHARAX". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. V, Fasc. 4. pp. 363–365.
- Fisher, William Bayne; Yarshater, Ehsan (1983). The Cambridge History of Iran: The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian periods. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-24693-4.
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