city
Siraf
Bandar Siraf (Taheri), Iran · India & Indian Ocean
27.670, 52.337
Disputed. The port is attested. Whether the Ardashir Khurrah bishop sat at Siraf (rather than at Ardashir Khurrah/Firuzabad itself) is uncertain.
Siraf was the great Persian Gulf port for the India and China trade from the Sasanian period to the 10th century. It lay in the district of Ardashir Khurrah, whose Church of the East bishop is attested from 424; some sources gloss that diocese as 'Shiraf'.
Source stance: neutral. Archaeology and geographers; synod acts for the diocese.
People and groups named here
- Farbokht of Ardashir Khurrah (bishop, before 424)
Related places
Sources
- Pleiades place 29762: [Siraf]
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Bandar Siraf (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Fars (East Syriac ecclesiastical province) (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
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