Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz is a major Iranian university in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran. The campus today has 276 acres (1.12 km) and houses 13 colleges. In 2010, 4798 students were enrolled. After Shapur the First, the Sassanid King, conquered the Roman Emperor, he commanded the Roman POWs to build a new town in a location that was 18 Kilometers south-east of the present Dezful city. That town was named Veh-Andiv i Shapur, meaning “city of Shapur, better than Antakiyy-e[1]”. From the beginning, Veh-andiv was then called Gondi Shapur (meaning the city of Shapur), was a focal point for scientists and academics. Many of the Roman texts were transferred to Gondi Shapur and translated into Pahlavi language, and were kept in collections....