Karka d-Ledan
| Karka d-Ledan | |
|---|---|
 The site of Ivan-e Kerkha, identified with the city of Karka d-Ledan | |
| Type | Archaeological site |
| Location | Khuzestan, Khuzestan province, Iran |
| Coordinates | 32°19′52″N 48°07′21″E / 32.33111°N 48.12250°E |
| (Re)founded | 338 CE |
| Founder | Shapur II |
| Type | Archaeological |
| Designated | 1931 |
| Reference no. | 47 |
  Location of the site in Iran | |
Karka d-Ledan, also known as Eranshahr-Shapur,[1] and Eran asan kar(t) Kavad,[2] is an archaeological site that was one of the four Sasanian major cities in the former settlement of Khuzestan, in the modern-day province of Khuzestan, Iran.[3]
It was (re)founded by King of Kings (shahanshah) Shapur II (r. 309–379) in 338 CE,[3] who had a winter palace established there.[4] Karka d-Ledan is identified with the modern site of Ivan-e Kerkha.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Brunner, Christopher (1983). "Geographical and Administrative divisions: Settlements and Economy". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 3(2): The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 753. ISBN 0-521-24693-8.
- ^ Frye, R. N. (1983). "The political history of Iran under the Sasanians". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 3(1): The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-521-20092-X.
- ^ a b Shahbazi, A. Shapur; Richter-Bernburg, Lutz (2002). "Gondēšāpur". Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, Vol. XI, Fasc. 2. pp. 131–135.
- ^ Payne, Richard E. (2015). A State of Mixture: Christians, Zoroastrians, and Iranian Political Culture in Late Antiquity. Univ of California Press. p. 41. ISBN 9780520961531.
- ^ Potts, D. T. (1999). The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State. Cambridge University Press. p. 425. ISBN 9780521564960.
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