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Shapur I

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Also known as King of Iran Šāhpuhrs I, King of Iran Sapor I, King of Iran Sapores I, King of Iran Shahpuhr I, King of Iran Shāpūr I

second Sassanid emperor (241–272)

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Shapur I was a male sovereign and king of the Sasanian Empire, belonging to the Sasanian dynasty. Born in Firuzabad in 300, he was the son of Ardashir I and Murrod. He practiced Zoroastrianism and was married to Al-Nadirah. His children included Bahram I, Narseh, Hormizd I, and Adur-Anahid.

Shapur I died in Bishapur in 272. He is mentioned in the Shahnameh and described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and Pauly–Wissowa.

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Shapur I (also spelled Shabuhr I; Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩, romanized: Šābuhr) also known as Shapur I the Great was the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. The precise dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent until the death of the latter in 242. Shapur also consolidated and expanded the empire of Ardashir I, waged war against the Roman Empire, and seized its cities of Nisibis and Carrhae while he was advancing as far as Roman Syria. Although he was defeated at the Battle of Resaena in 243 by Roman emperor Gordian III (r. 238–244), the following year he was able to win the Battle of Misiche and force the new Roman emperor Philip the Arab (r. 244–249) to sign a favorable peace treaty that was regarded by the Romans as "a most shameful treaty".

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