Reishahr (Persian:ری شهر) orRev Ardashir (ریو اردشیر) was a city on thePersian Gulf in medievalIran and is currently an archaeological site nearBushehr. It may be identical to the Antiochia-in-Persis of theSeleucid period, but was refounded byArdashir I (d.AD224), the first ruler of theSasanian Empire. In theChurch of the East, it was seat of themetropolitan bishop of theprovince of Fars from at least 424.^[1] The name "Rew-Ardashir" means "Rich is Ardashir".^[2]

The city is mentioned by many historians, such asFarhang-i Anandraj,Hamdollah Mostowfi'sNuzhat al-Qulub,Majmal al-tawarikh, andIbn Balkhi'sFarsnameh. In particular, some historians such asYaqut al-Hamawi'sMu'jam Al-Buldan write of the city being centered on a pre-Islamic academic center of higher learning where scholars converged to study medicine as well as Indian and Greek sciences.^[3]

Dehkhoda dictionary mentions that the city was eventually deserted and its inhabitants moved to Bushehr.

• Potts, Daniel (2018). "Rev-Ardashir (Rishahr)". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.).The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, Volume 2: J–Z. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 1284.ISBN 978-0-19-881625-6.
• Russell, James R. (2004).Armenian and Iranian studies. Harvard Armenian Texts and Studies. Vol. 9.Harvard University Press.ISBN 978-0935411195.

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