Weh Antiok Khosrow
Wēh Antīōk Khosrow (
Arabic: الرومية), was a historic city in modern day Iraq. It was founded by Iranian king Khosrow I on the east bank of the Tigris in the vicinity of Ctesiphon, Sasanian Empire, that was populated by deported Roman prisoners-of-war.[3] It was reportedly about one day's walk from Ctesiphon.[4]
Antioch had previously been devastated by an earthquake in 526. The Roman Emperor Justin and his heir and Caesar Justinian had sent substantial resources to the city to rebuild it.
The Persians used
Osrhoene were deported to this new city. It may be identical with Māhōzē Ḥəḏattā (literally "the New City") in the Syriac conciliar acts.[3]
The city was governed by Barāz, a Christian from Gundeshapur.[3] By the late 6th century, it had a population of circa 30,000.[6]
The city was captured by the Arab Muslims under Khalid ibn Urfuta. Later in the Abbasid period, Caliph Al-Mansur used the city, then known as al Rumiyyah as seat of government for a few months.[7]
See also
- Weh Antiok Shapur
- Weh Amid Kawad
References
- ISBN 9781139054942.
- ^ Beate Dignas, Engelbert Winter: Rome and Persia in Late Antiquity. Cambridge 2007, 109
- ^ A. Shapur Shahbazi, Erich Kettenhofen, John R. Perry, “DEPORTATIONS,” Encyclopædia Iranica, VII/3, pp. 297-312, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/deportations(accessed on 30 December 2012).
- ^ a b c Canepa 2018, p. 1599.
- ^ Kettenhofen, Erich. "DEPORTATIONS – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Canepa 2009, pp. 173–174.
- ^ Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1895). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society. p. 40.
Sources
- Canepa, Matthew P. (2009). The Two Eyes of the Earth: Art and Ritual of Kingship Between Rome and Sasanian Iran. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520257276.
- Canepa, Matthew (2018). "Weh-andīōg-husraw (Rūmagān)". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.
- Sauer, Eberhard (2017). Sasanian Persia: Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia. London and New York: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 1–336. ISBN 9781474401029.