Shapur (name)

Shapur (name)

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Shāpūr (Persian: شاپور, meaning son of the king) or Sapor is a Persian male given name. It is first attested in Middle Persian as Shahpuhr. The Armenian form is Շապուհ Šapuh.

Sasanian kings

Shapur can refer to one of three Sassanid kings:

Other people

Shapur may also refer to:

  • Shapur Bakhtiar (1915–1991), former Prime Minister of Iran
  • Shapur ibn Sahl, a ninth century Persian Christian physician from the Academy of Gundishapur
  • Sapor of Bet-Nicator was the Christian bishop of Bet-Nicator
  • Shapoor Zadran, an Afghan cricketer
  • Shapoor Reporter, a British intelligence agent

Other

See also

  • Shahpur (disambiguation)



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