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Shapur Zul-Aktafشاپور ذوالاکتاف

shah-POOR zol-ak-TAHFalso Zul-Aktafalso Shapur

Son of Hormizd, born after his father's death and crowned at forty days; the Arabs call him Zul-Aktaf.

In the poem
First at D8.1, Shapur, Son of Hormizd, Surnamed Zul-Aktaf
Named
75 times, in 1 section
Main stories
D8 The Shapur Zul-Aktaf Cycle and Later Early Sasanian Reigns (75)
Parents
Hormizd (son of Narsi)
Children
Shapur (son of Shapur)
Plates
Vol III: I, Vol III: IV
Genealogical plate: The Sasanian Succession
Volume III, Plate I: The Sasanian Succession. Tap to open the genealogies.

In the poem’s own words

The 1 sections that name Shapur Zul-Aktaf most often, with the summary from the Notes. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.
D8.1

Shapur, Son of Hormizd, Surnamed Zul-Aktaf

Shapur Zul-Aktaf named 75 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes

Family

Parents
Hormizd (son of Narsi)
Siblings
Ardeshir (brother of Shapur)
Children
Shapur (son of Shapur)

On the maps

Where the name appears

Named mentions by book, from the Universe Registry, the index behind this site. Titles and epithets are not counted.

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