A first examination concerning the reign of fiåbªr II in syriac sources, particularly the acts of the persian martyrs, enables us to value their great interest for the administrative history and historical geography of the sasanian empire. Identifications have been proposed, sometimes new place-names found; the analysis leads us to emphasized some administrative centralizations within provinces,
... [Show full abstract] local historical elements, urban refondations, etymological researches of the authors. From this appears a description which often completes primary sources.