Ardeshīr,
Ardashīr, or
Ardashēr is Middle Persian for "whose reign is through
ardaAsha or arta is the Avestan language term for a concept of cardinal importance to Zoroastrian theology and doctrine. In the moral sphere, aša/arta represents what has been called "the decisive confessional concept of Zoroastrianism." . The opposite of Avestan aša is druj, "lie."The...
(truth)" and may refer to:
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Ardeshīr,
Ardashīr, or
Ardashēr is Middle Persian for "whose reign is through
ardaAsha or arta is the Avestan language term for a concept of cardinal importance to Zoroastrian theology and doctrine. In the moral sphere, aša/arta represents what has been called "the decisive confessional concept of Zoroastrianism." . The opposite of Avestan aša is druj, "lie."The...
(truth)" and may refer to:
- the throne name of several emperors:
- Ardeshir I Papakan
Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid dynasty, was ruler of Istakhr , subsequently Persia , and finally "King of Kings of Iran"...
, r. 224 - 241, founder of the 2nd Persian EmpireThe Sassanid Empire or Sasanian Empire, known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr, was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty who reigned from 224 to 651 CE...
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- Ardeshir II Bahram
Ardashir II was the tenth Sassanid King of Persia from 379 to 383.He is believed by some to be the son and by others to be the brother of Shapur II...
, r. 379 - 383, son of Hormizd IIHormizd II, was the eighth Persia king of the Sassanid dynasty, and reigned for seven years and five months, from 302 to 309. He was the son of Narseh ,Almost nothing is known of his reign....
and successor of Shapur IIShapur II the Great was the ninth King of the Persian Sassanid Empire from 309 to 379. During his long reign, the Sassanid Empire saw its first golden era since the reign of Shapur I .- Early childhood :...
"the Great"
- Ardeshir III Kavadh
Ardashir III was the twenty-fourth Sassanid King of Persia from 628 to 630. Son of Kavadh II , he was raised to the throne as a boy of seven years, but was killed 18 months later by his general, Shahrbaraz ....
, r. 628 - 630, the youngest of the SassanidThe Sassanid Empire or Sasanian Empire, known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr, was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty who reigned from 224 to 651 CE...
kings.
- Ardeshir is also the Middle Persian equivalent of Old Persian
The Old Persian language is one of the two attested Old Iranian languages . Old Persian appears primarily in the inscriptions, clay tablets, seals of the Achaemenid era...
Artaxšacā (Latinized ArtaxerxesArtaxerxes may refer to:The throne name of several Achaemenid rulers of the 1st Persian Empire:* Artaxerxes I of Persia, Artaxerxes I Longimanus, r. 465–424 BC, son and successor of Xerxes I...
), the throne name of five emperors of the 1st Persian EmpireThe Achaemenid Empire or Persian Empire was the successor state of the Median Empire, ruling over significant portions of what would become Greater Iran. The Persian and the Median Empire taken together are also known as the Medo-Persian Empire, succeeding the Neo-Assyrian Empire...
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- a male first name:
- Ardeshir Maleki, Aviation & space technology Engineer , Photografer , Musician
- Ardeshir Cowasjee
Ardeshir Cowasjee is a renowned newspaper columnist from Karachi, Sindh in Pakistan. His columns regularly appear in the country's oldest English newspaper Dawn...
, Pakistani journalistA journalist is a person who practises journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that are not biased.Reporters are one type of journalist...
- Ardaseer Cursetjee
Ardaseer Cursetjee FRS was an Indian shipbuilder and engineer.He is noted for having been the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society...
, the first Indian elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
- Ardeshir Godrej
Ardeshir Burjorji Sorabji Godrej was the inventive half of the Godrej Brothers Company, the precursor of the Godrej Group of companies.-Early years:Ardeshir was born in 1868 as the first of six children to Burjorji and Dosibai Gootherajee...
, Indian inventor and engineer
- Ardeshir Godrej
Adi Godrej is an Indian businessman and a billionaire. He left India at the age of 17 to enroll at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Though he planned to study mechanical engineering, he later on switched to management....
, Indian industrialist
- Ardeshir Hosseinpour
Dr. Ardeshir Hosseinpour was an Iranian junior scientist, assistant professor, and authority on electromagnetism. He was also involved in the Iranian nuclear program. Hosseinpour died mysteriously in early 2007 during his nuclear work at Isfahan.-Career:Dr. Hosseinpour held a B.S. degree in...
, Iranian scientist
- Ardeshir Irani
Ardeshir Irani was a writer, director, producer, actor, film distributor, film showman and cinematographer in the silent and sound eras of early Indian cinema. He was renowned for making films in Hindi, English, German, Indonesian, Persian, Urdu and Tamil...
, Indian Irani screen-writer and director
- Ardeshir Kamkar
Ardeshir Kamkar is a Kurdish musician from Iran.He started his music training under the supervision of his father. He came to Tehran in 1980 and continued studying traditional arrangements under Mohammad Reza Lotfi and his brother Pashang...
, Iranian musician
- Ardeshir Mohasses, Iranian illustrator
- Ardeshir Sepahsalar, Iranian philosopher
- A. F. S. Talyarkhan
Ardeshir Furdorji Sohrabji "Bobby" Talyarkhan was an Indian cricket commentator.Talyarkhan was one of the earliest cricket commentators in India. His radio commentaries played an important role in spreading of the game and making the name of the players throughout the country...
, Indian cricketCricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that is first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, cricket had developed to the point where it had become the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being...
commentator
- Ardeshir Tarapore
Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore was born on August 18, 1923 in Mumbai. He belongs to the family of General Ratanjiba who led the army of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, who was awarded 100 villages of which Tarapore was main village. The name Tarapore comes for the same reason...
, Indian soldier
- Ardeshir Zahedi
Ardeshir Zahedi was an important Iranian diplomat during the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the country's foreign minister and its ambassador to the United States and the United Kingdom.-Early life:...
, Iranian diplomat
- Ardeshir Reporter (Idelji), British Spy in Iran
- Mons Ardeshir
Mons Ardeshir is one of the mountains on the Moon. Its diameter is 8 km. In 1976 it was named after the Persian king Ardashir.Coordinates:...
is the name of a mountain on the MoonThe Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is , about thirty times the diameter of the Earth. The common centre of mass of the system is located at about —a quarter the Earth's...
.