Shapur

Shapur

Shapur (sometimes "Sharpur", Persian: شاپور) is a Persian male given name.

Shapur can refer to one of three Sassanid kings:

*Shapur I - 241 to 272
*Shapur II - 309 to 379
*Shapur III - 383 to 388
*Shapur Sorath - A Model village of India

Shapur may be:

*Shapur Bakhtiar
*Sapor of Bet-Nicator

*Shapur, a character in Nezami's tale "Khusraw and Shirin"


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