Shushandukht

Shushandukht was the wife of Yazdegerd I and mother of Bahram V. She was the daughter of a Jewish exilarch.[1] She created the Jewish neighborhood in the city of Isfahan. She also established Jewish colonies in the cities of Shush (Susa) and Shooshtar. The existence of a Jewish queen enhanced the life of Persian Jews and during this period Jewish exilarchs had regular attendance to the Shah's court.[2] Some authors such as Ernst Herzfeld have speculated that the tomb of Esther and Mordecai in the city of Hamedan might be the tomb of Shushandukht.

References

  1. ↑ "BAHRĀM – Encyclopaedia Iranica". Iranicaonline.org. 1988-12-15. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  2. ↑ The Fire, the Star and the Cross, Aptin Khanbaghi, page 8, I.B.Tauris, Apr 30, 2006


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