Weh Antiok Khosrow

Wēh Antīōk Khosrow (Middle Persian: wyḥ ʾntywk ḥwslwd; "Khosrow's Better Antioch", literally, "better than Antioch, Khosrow [built this]"), also called Beh-az-Andīw-e Khosrow (New Persian: به از اندیو خسرو, literally "Better-than-Antioch of Khosrow"), Antiocheia Chosroou (Greek: Ἀντιόχεια Χοσρόου), Rūmagān (Persian: رومگان), or al-Rūmīya (Arabic: الرومية), was a historic city in modern day Iraq. It was founded by Iranian shah 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.

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Weh Antiok Khosrow

Wēh Antīōk Khosrow (Middle Persian: wyḥ ʾntywk ḥwslwd; "Khosrow's Better Antioch", literally, "better than Antioch, Khosrow [built this]"), also called Beh-az-Andīw-e Khosrow (New Persian: به از اندیو خسرو, literally "Better-than-Antioch of Khosrow"), Antiocheia Chosroou (Greek: Ἀντιόχεια Χοσρόου), Rūmagān (Persian: رومگان), or al-Rūmīya (Arabic: الرومية), was a historic city in modern day Iraq. It was founded by Iranian shah 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.

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