List of Famous people named Shapur

Here are some famous Shapurs:

Shapur I

First Name Shapur
Born on November 30, 0149
Died on May 1, 0270 (aged 120)
Born in Iran, Fars Province

Shapur I, also known as Shapur the Great, was the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. The dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent until the death of the latter in 242. During his co-regency, he helped his father with the conquest and destruction of Arab city of Hatra, whose fall was facilitated, according to Islamic tradition, by the actions of his future wife al-Nadirah. Shapur also consolidated and expanded the empire of Ardashir I, waged war against the Roman Empire and seized its cities of Nisibis and Carrhae while he was advancing as far as Roman Syria. Although he was defeated at the Battle of Resaena in 243 by Roman emperor Gordian III, he was the following year able to win the Battle of Misiche and force the new Roman Emperor Philip the Arab to sign a favorable peace treaty that was regarded by the Romans as "a most shameful treaty".

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Shapur II

First Name Shapur
Born on January 1, 0309
Died on January 1, 0379 (aged 70)
Born in Iran, Fars Province

Shapur II, also known as Shapur II the Great, was the tenth Sasanian King of Kings (Shahanshah) of Iran. The longest-reigning monarch in Iranian history, he reigned for his entire 70-year life from 309 to 379. He was the son of Hormizd II.

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Shapur IV

First Name Shapur
Died on January 1, 0420

Shapur IV, was king of Persian Armenia from 415 to 420, who briefly ruled the Sasanian Empire in 420.

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Shapur III

First Name Shapur
Born on January 1, 0400
Died on November 30, 0388

Shapur III, was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 383 to 388. He was the son of Shapur II and succeeded his uncle Ardashir II.

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Shapur Mishanshah

First Name Shapur
Born on January 1, 0201
Died on November 30, 0259 (aged 58)

Shapur Meshanshah, was a 3rd-century Sasanian prince. He was the second son of the Sassanian shah Shapur I, and was married to a certain queen named Denag, who bore him several children named Hormizd, Hormizdag, Odabakht, Bahram, Shapur, Peroz, and Shapurdukhtak. Shapur was during an unknown date appointed as the governor of Meshan by his father, and sometime later he gave his wife the honorific title of Dastgerd-Shapur. He died in 260, and was probably succeeded by his wife as the governor of Meshan.

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