Show its ancient grandeur gone on the left bank nt 0 the tigris was in fit ancient times a town of many splendid buildings and the residence of kings of the Sas saulan empire but it has long since decayed and Is now only a large village tha ruin of ono one gigantic brick buildt building rl g known as the throne of khosrow Klios Khos raw part of the palace la Is the only of former splendor rec records 0 of date back to some cen carfes before the christian era the town was waa besieged and plundered in the wars between the roman and persian empires and in along with a group of towns clustered around it t was captured by the arabs |