Shāpūr (Persian: شاپور, meaning son of the king) is a Persian male given name. It is first attested in Middle Persian as Shahpuhr.
Sasanian kings
Shapur can refer to one of three Sassanid kings:
- Shapur I - 241 to 272
- Shapur II - 309 to 379
- Shapur III - 383 to 388
Other people
Shapur may also refer to:
- 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
Other
- Shapur, a character in Nezami's tale Khusraw and Shirin
- Shapur cave at Sasan village near Bishapur, Iran
- Shapur Sorath - A Model village of India
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