Asoristan
Asoristan (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭, Asōristān, Āsūristān), also known as Suristan, was the name of the Sasanian province of Assyria and Babylonia from 226 to 637 CE. == Name == The name Asōristān appears in several Sasanian sources: in Parthian (𐭀𐭎𐭅𐭓𐭎𐭕𐭍), along with the Greek form ΑCCΥΡΙΑΝ (Assyrian), in Shapur I's (r. 240–270) inscription on the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht; in the Paikuli inscription of Narseh (r. 293–303); and in the Bundahishn. It was borrowed into Armenian as Asorestan and appears in Chinese inscriptions.