Firuzabad (English spelling)

Japanese: フィルザバード（英語表記）Fīrūzābād

The remains of a circular city from the Sassanid Empire (224-651) are located in southwestern Iran, about 110 km south of Shiraz. It is about 2 km in diameter. The city was originally called Gur, but after the first Sassanid king, Ardashir I, defeated the Arsacid king Artabanus V, he built it according to the Parthian urban plan and named it Ardashīr-khurra (Glory of Ardashir). Later, in the 10th century, a Buyid ruler changed the name to its current name.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イラン南西部，シーラーズの南方約110kmの地に残る，ササン朝(224‐651)の円形都市遺跡。直径約2km。町は古くはグールGūrと呼ばれたが，ササン朝初代の王アルダシール1世がアルサケス朝のアルタバヌス5世を破った後に，パルティアの都市プランにならって建設し，〈アルダシール･フルラArdashīr‐khurra(アルダシールの栄光)〉と命名。その後10世紀にブワイ朝の支配者が現在の名称に改名した。

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