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Shapur (sometimes Sharpur, Persian
Persian language

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Shapur (sometimes Sharpur, Persian
Persian language

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Shapur can refer to one of three Sassanid kings:

  • Shapur I
    Shapur I

    Shapur I was the second Sassanid King of the Sassanid Empire. The dates of his reign are commonly given as 241 - 272, but it is likely that he also reigned as co-regent prior to his father's death in 241....
     - 241 to 272
  • Shapur II
    Shapur II

    Shapur II was the ninth King of the Sassanid Empire from 309 to 379. During his long reign, the Sassanid Empire saw its first golden era since the reign of Shapur I ....
     - 309 to 379
  • Shapur III
    Shapur III

    Shapur III was the eleventh sassanid dynasty King of Persia from 383 to 388. Shapur III succeeded his brother Ardashir II in the year 383....
     - 383 to 388
  • Shapur Sorath
    Shapur Sorath

    Shapur the biggest village of Junagadh district and a Gram Panchayat, falls under Vanthali taluka Junagadh district in the Indian States and territories of India of Gujarat....
     - A Model village of India


Shapur may be:

  • Shapur Bakhtiar (1915-1991), former Prime Minister of Iran
  • Shapur cave
    Shapur cave

    The Shapur Cave is located at Sasan village on the right side of the road by Shapur river which is 6 km from the city of Bishapur in Zagros Mountains, western Iran....
     at Sasan village near Bishapur, Iran
  • Shapur ibn Sahl
    Shapur ibn Sahl

    Shapur ibn Sahl was a ninth century Persian people Christian physician from the Academy of Gundishapur.Among other medical works, he wrote one of the first medical books on antidotes called Aqrabadhin, which was divided into 22 volumes, and which was possibly the earliest of its kind to influence Muslim medicine....
    , a ninth century Persian Christian physician from the Academy of Gundishapur
  • Sapor of Bet-Nicator
    Sapor of Bet-Nicator

    Sapor of Bet-Nicator was the Christian bishop of Bet-Nicator.He was reported with 4 companions to King Shapur II, on the basis of their having preached against the Zoroastrian religion....
     was the Christian bishop of Bet-Nicator


  • Shapur, a character in Nezami
    Nezami

    Nezami-ye Ganjavi , or Nezami , whose formal name was Nizam ad-Din Abu Mu?ammad Ilyas ibn-Yusuf ibn-Zaki ibn-Mu?ayyad, is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic....
    's tale Khusraw and Shirin