Shapur of Ray

Shapur of Ray was a Sasanian military officer from the Mihran family. The city Ray in his name was the seat of the Mihran family.[1]

According to Dinawari, he was the governor of "Khutarniyah and Bābil" (districts in southern Iraq) during Kavadh I's reign.[1] According to Al-Tabari, he (سابور الرازي) held the rank of Supreme Commander of the Land (iṣbahbadh al-bilād إصبهبذ البلاد). Ferdowsi records him being recalled by Kavadh I to destroy the powerful Sukhra of Karin family, who was also Shapur Razi's rival. Shapur Razi defeated and captured Sukhra in Shiraz. The Mihran-Karin rivalry became proverbial in the contemporary Sasanian society, as reflected in the expression "Sukhra's wind has died away, and a wind belonging to Mihran has now started to blow".[1]

He briefly served as the governor (marzban) of Persian Armenia from 483 to 484.[2][3]

References

Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). "2.4.4 Sh¯apur R ¯ ¯az¯ı Mihr¯an". Decline and fall of the Sasanian empire: the Sasanian-Parthian confederacy and the Arab conquest of Iran. I.B. Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
Grousset, René (1947). Histoire de l’Arménie des origines à 1071 (in French). Paris: Payot.
Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.

Preceded by Zarmihr Hazarwuxt	Marzban of Persian Armenia 483–484	Succeeded by Vahan Mamikonian

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[Pourshariati-p80-1] Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). "2.4.4 Sh¯apur R ¯ ¯az¯ı Mihr¯an". Decline and fall of the Sasanian empire: the Sasanian-Parthian confederacy and the Arab conquest of Iran. I.B. Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.

[2] Grousset, René (1947). Histoire de l’Arménie des origines à 1071 (in French). Paris: Payot.

[3] Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.