Shapur-Khwarrah

Shapur-Khwarrah (Middle Persian: Šāhpuhr-Xwarra, meaning "glory of Shapur") was one of the four (later five) administrative divisions of the Sasanian province of Pars. The other administrative divisions were Ardashir-Khwarrah, Istakhr and Darabgerd, while a fifth named Arrajan was founded in the early 6th century by Kavadh I (r. 498–531).

Map of Sasanian Pars.

Sources

Bosworth, C. E. (1986). "ARDAŠĪR-ḴORRA". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 4. pp. 384–385.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Miri, Negin (2009). "Historical Geography of Fars during the Sasanian Period" (PDF). Sasanika. University of Sydney. pp. 1–65.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Administrative divisions of Sasanian Pars
Ardashir-Khwarrah Shapur-Khwarrah Istakhr Darabgerd Arrajan

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