INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - Work to restore Jundi Shapur University, an ancient academy in the southwestern city of Dezful, has begun, ISNA reported on
national pride and enthusiasm for Iranians
philosophy, theology, and science.The university was home to a teaching hospital and also comprised a library and a center of higher
It has been identified with extensive ruins south of Shahabad, a village 14 km southeast of Dezful, to the road for Shush, in the
however, it continued to remain an important center in the Muslim period
Yaqub Layth Saffari, the founder of the Saffarid dynasty, made Jundi Shapur his residence three years before his sudden death
His tomb became one of the most prominent sites in the city.AM
