Jundishapur University (which is also called Jundishapur) It was founded in Dezful in 271 by Sassanid emperors. This academy also had a teaching hospital and a library.
Jundi Shapur Hospital was the first teaching hospital in the world. Philosophical and medical sciences were taught in this academy, and according to the traditions, the imprisonment and death of the prophet Mani also happened in Jundishapur..
Jundi Shapur was one of the seven main cities of Khuzestan. In the beginning, its name was "Gond-Dezi-Shapur" which means "Shapur military fortress".. Other names used for it are Pilabad, Khuz, Nilab, Nilat.. In Syriac it was called Bayt Labat.
Some researchers believe that a foundation similar to Jundi Shapur has been located in this place since the Parthians. A city called Jundishapur was founded by Shapur I, the son of Ardeshir Sassanid, after defeating the Roman army led by Valerian.. Shapur I made Jundi Shapur his capital.
The naming of Jundi Shapur was mostly done during the Sassanid era of Khosrow Anushirvan.
