Shapur (name)

'''Shāpūr''' ({{langx|fa|شاپور}}, meaning ''son of the king'') or '''Shahpur''' (شاهپور) is a Persian male given name popular in Iran and other Persian speaking countries. It is first attested in Middle Persian as '''Shāhpuhr''' ({{lang|pal|𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩}}). The Armenian form is Շապուհ ''Šapuh'' or Սեպուհ ''Sepuh''. {{TOC right}}

==Sasanian kings== '''Shapur''' can refer to one of four Sasanian kings:

*Shapur I (r. 241–272) *Shapur II (r. 309–379) *Shapur III (r. 383–388) *Shapur IV (r. 420) *Shapur-i Shahrvaraz (r. 630)

==Other people== '''Shapur''' may also refer to:

*Vramshapuh or Bahram-Shapur, a Prince who served as a Sasanian Client King of Arsacid Armenia from 389 until 417. *Shapur Mihran, a 5th-century Iranian noble from the House of Mihran, who served as the marzban (governor) of Persian Armenia briefly in 482. *Shapur of Ray or Shapur Razi, a 5th-century Iranian from the House of Mihran, who served as the marzban (governor) of Persian Armenia from 483 to 484. *Shapur (Bavandid ruler) (died 825), local ruler in Tabaristan *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 *Maharsapor (or Sapor; died 421), an early Christian martyr of Persia. *Saburrus, Byzantine general who served in Italy under Constans II *Saborios, Byzantine general who revolted against Constans II *Shapoor Zadran, an Afghan cricketer *Shapoor Reporter, a British intelligence agent *Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (1929-2022), Indian-born Irish businessman *Mar Sabor, a 9th-century Church of the East bishop

== Places ==

* Anbar, Iraq was known as Peroz-Shapur in ancient times.

==Other== *Shapur, a character in Nizami Ganjavi's tale ''Khusraw and Shirin'' *Shapoorji Pallonji Group, Indian business conglomerate

==See also== *Shahpur (disambiguation)

Category:Persian masculine given names Category:Masculine given names