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Shapur I was the son of Ardashir I and his wife Murrod or Deng. The background of the family is obscure; although based in Pars (also known as Persis), they were not native to the area and were seemingly originally from the east. The historian Marek Jan Olbrycht has suggested that the family was descended from the Indo-Parthians of Pakistan. Iranologist Khodadad Rezakhani also noted similarities between the early Sasanians and the Indo-Parthians, such as their coinage. Yet, he stated that "evidence might still be too inconclusive.
The Complex Mystery Of The Figure Of Shapur The First
Shapur I was the son of Ardashir I and his wife Murrod or Deng. The background of the family is obscure; although based in Pars (also known as Persis), they were not native to the area and were seemingly originally from the east. The historian Marek Jan Olbrycht has suggested that the family was descended from the Indo-Parthians of Pakistan. Iranologist Khodadad Rezakhani also noted similarities between the early Sasanians and the Indo-Parthians, such as their coinage. Yet, he stated that "evidence might still be too inconclusive.