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).

Sources

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

Administrative divisions of Sasanian Pars

Ardashir-Khwarrah Shapur-Khwarrah Istakhr Darabgerd Arrajan

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