'''Shapur I''' ([[Persian language|Persian]] '''شاپور اول'''), son of [[Ardashir I]] (226–241), was [[Sassanid dynasty|King of Persia]] from [[241]] to [[272]]. His mother was Lady MyrôdMyrōd<ref name="EI">Shapur{{cite encyclopedia|last=Shahbazi, ''|first=Shapur|title=Shapur I,|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia the Great'', ([Iranica|url=http://www.cais-soasiranica.com/CAISnewsite/Historyarticles/Sasaniansup/shapour_IShapur_I.htm ''LINK'']); accessed March 07,html|year=2003|publisher=Mazda|___location=Cosa Mesa|accessdate=2007.}}</ref>, an [[Arsacid Dynasty|Arsacid]] princess.<ref>''Ibid.''</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=E. E.|last=Herzfeld, ''|title=Iran in the Ancient East'' |___location=New York (|year=1988),|id=ISBN p287., ISBN:0-87817-308-0}} p. 287.</ref>▼
[[Image:Crest of Gondopharr (according to Iranian sources).JPG|thumb|right|150px|<center>Crest of [[Shapur I]]<ref>E. E. Herzfeld, ''Iran in the Ancient East'' New York (1988), p310., ISBN:0-87817-308-0 </ref>; as well as King [[Gondophares]]<ref>Chantal Fabrégues, ''The Indo-Parthian Beginnings of Gandhara Sculpture'', ([http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Art/indo_parthian_gandhara.htm ''LINK'']); accessed March 07, 2007</ref>]]
▲'''Shapur I''' ([[Persian language|Persian]] '''شاپور اول'''), son of [[Ardashir I]] (226–241), was [[Sassanid dynasty|King of Persia]] from [[241]] to [[272]]. His mother was Lady Myrôd<ref>Shapur Shahbazi, ''Shapur I, the Great'', ([http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/History/Sasanian/shapour_I.htm ''LINK'']); accessed March 07, 2007.</ref>, an [[Arsacid Dynasty|Arsacid]] princess.<ref>''Ibid.''</ref><ref>E. E. Herzfeld, ''Iran in the Ancient East'' New York (1988), p287., ISBN:0-87817-308-0 </ref>
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== Notes ==
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* {{cite web|year=1998|author=Weigel, Richard D.|title=Valerian and Gallienus|publisher=De Imperatoribus Romanis|url=http://www.roman-emperors.org/gallval.htm}}
== Sources ==
* {{1911}}
* [http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/History/Sasanian/shapour_I.htm The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies at SOAS (CAIS at SOAS)]
* [http://www.roman-emperors.org/gallval.htm De Imperatoribus Romanus entry on Valerian, his capture and execution by Shapur]
