Apursam-Shapur

Apursam-Shapur was an Iranian aristocrat, who is the first person mentioned as a darigbed ("palace superintendent") under the Sasanian Empire. He served as darigbed under Shapur I (r. 240-270), and is also mentioned in the latters inscription at Naqsh-e Rostam.

Sources

  • Frye, Richard N. (1994). "DARĪGBED". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VII, Fasc. 1. p. 40.
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