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188:, or close-kin marriage. However, this is opposed by other scholars, who have deduced that the title of members of the royal family illustrated their social status rather than family status. The title of "Queen" was wielded by all women of the royal Sasanian family, including the king's daughters and sisters, and the spouses of Sasanian princes. The title of Adur-Anahid thus demonstrated her status as the highest ranking woman in the court. There is no suggestion that she practiced 86: 162:. The fire established for Adur-Anahid was named Husraw-Adur-Anahid. In the second paragraph, Shapur I claims to have rewarded Adur-Anahid, along with princes and other high-ranking members of the court by ordering sacrifices in their names. Adur-Anahid is mentioned with the title of Queen of Queens ( 192:
with her father. According to the modern historian Maria Brosius, "Analysis of the written evidence for the Sasanian period does not permit the conclusion that the Sasanian kings favored incestuous marriages."
128: 94: 479: 431: 380: 150:. In the first paragraph, Shapur I claims to have ordered the establishment of fires for his daughter Adur-Anahid and three of his sons, 513: 503: 401: 452: 498: 508: 393:
The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature
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Walther Hinz has suggested that Adur-Anahid was the spouse of her father Shapur I, demonstrating the practice in
411: 391: 23: 463: 132: 90: 77:. Originally thought to mean "Fire of Anahita", her name is now agreed to mean "Fire and Anahita". 364: 475: 448: 427: 397: 376: 155: 442: 467: 419: 368: 351: 106: 31: 179: 136: 492: 109: 41: 415: 347: 175: 140: 151: 85: 214: 164: 117: 98: 49: 36: 172: 74: 474:. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 678–679. 426:. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 514–522. 424:
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184: 159: 30:) was a high-ranking 3rd-century Iranian noblewoman from the royal 84: 113: 69: 45: 253: 251: 249: 247: 245: 243: 241: 239: 237: 235: 233: 290: 288: 286: 284: 282: 280: 278: 472:
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375:. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 373:Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I/5: Adat–Afghanistan 34:family, who wielded the title of Queen of Queens ( 444:The Court and Court Society in Ancient Monarchies 143:in southern Iran, which Shapur I had created in 209:Adur-Anahid also had two other siblings named 73:("fire") and the name of the Iranian goddess, 40:). She was a daughter of the second Sasanian 8: 330: 318: 105:Adur-Anahid was a daughter of the second 67:Her name is most likely a combination of 306: 294: 257: 229: 202: 7: 356:Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition 269: 27: 358:. Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. 14: 348:"Women i. In Pre-Islamic Persia" 127:). She is mentioned twice in an 122: 54: 16:3rd-century Sasanian noblewoman 447:. Cambridge University Press. 1: 144: 441:Spawforth, A. J. S. (2007). 28:𐭠𐭲𐭲𐭲𐭲 𐭦𐭩 𐭲𐭲𐭲𐭲𐭩𐭲 530: 514:3rd-century queens consort 504:3rd-century Iranian people 390:Rapp, Stephen H. (2014). 499:Sasanian queens consort 462:Sundermann, W. (1988). 346:Brosius, Maria (2000). 168:) in the inscription. 102: 363:Gignoux, Ph. (1983). 88: 412:Shahbazi, A. Shapur 333:, pp. 678–679. 309:, pp. 514–522. 165:banbishnan banbishn 131:on the wall of the 37:banbishnan banbishn 509:3rd-century births 103: 481:978-0-71009-119-2 433:978-0-71009-117-8 382:978-0-71009-094-2 133:Ka'ba-ye Zartosht 91:Ka'ba-ye Zartosht 521: 485: 468:Yarshater, Ehsan 458: 437: 420:Yarshater, Ehsan 407: 386: 369:Yarshater, Ehsan 359: 352:Yarshater, Ehsan 334: 328: 322: 316: 310: 304: 298: 292: 273: 267: 261: 255: 218: 207: 149: 146: 126: 124: 58: 56: 29: 529: 528: 524: 523: 522: 520: 519: 518: 489: 488: 482: 461: 455: 440: 434: 410: 404: 389: 383: 362: 345: 342: 337: 331:Sundermann 1988 329: 325: 317: 313: 305: 301: 293: 276: 268: 264: 256: 231: 227: 222: 221: 208: 204: 199: 147: 121: 83: 65: 53: 17: 12: 11: 5: 527: 525: 517: 516: 511: 506: 501: 491: 490: 487: 486: 480: 459: 453: 438: 432: 408: 403:978-1472425522 402: 387: 381: 360: 341: 338: 336: 335: 323: 319:Spawforth 2007 311: 299: 274: 262: 260:, p. 472. 228: 226: 223: 220: 219: 201: 200: 198: 195: 180:Zoroastrianism 137:Naqsh-e Rostam 125: 240–270 82: 79: 64: 61: 57: 240–270 24:Middle Persian 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 526: 515: 512: 510: 507: 505: 502: 500: 497: 496: 494: 483: 477: 473: 469: 465: 460: 456: 454:9781139466639 450: 446: 445: 439: 435: 429: 425: 421: 417: 413: 409: 405: 399: 396:. Routledge. 395: 394: 388: 384: 378: 374: 370: 366: 365:"Ādur-Anāhīd" 361: 357: 353: 349: 344: 343: 339: 332: 327: 324: 321:, p. 63. 320: 315: 312: 308: 307:Shahbazi 1988 303: 300: 296: 291: 289: 287: 285: 283: 281: 279: 275: 272:, p. 28. 271: 266: 263: 259: 254: 252: 250: 248: 246: 244: 242: 240: 238: 236: 234: 230: 224: 216: 212: 211:Shapurdukhtak 206: 203: 196: 194: 191: 187: 186: 181: 177: 174: 169: 167: 166: 161: 157: 153: 142: 138: 134: 130: 119: 115: 111: 110:King of Kings 108: 100: 96: 92: 87: 80: 78: 76: 72: 71: 62: 60: 51: 47: 43: 42:King of Kings 39: 38: 33: 25: 21: 471: 443: 423: 392: 372: 355: 326: 314: 302: 295:Brosius 2000 265: 258:Gignoux 1983 205: 189: 183: 170: 163: 104: 93:, where the 68: 66: 35: 19: 18: 176:Iranologist 129:inscription 101:is engraved 95:inscription 20:Adur-Anahid 493:Categories 416:"Bahrām I" 225:References 148: 262 141:Persepolis 464:"Bānbišn" 270:Rapp 2014 185:khwedodah 81:Biography 414:(1988). 190:kwedodah 118:Shapur I 107:Sasanian 99:Shapur I 50:Shapur I 32:Sasanian 470:(ed.). 422:(ed.). 371:(ed.). 354:(ed.). 340:Sources 152:Hormizd 75:Anahita 478:  451:  430:  400:  379:  215:Bahram 173:German 160:Narseh 158:, and 156:Shapur 466:. In 418:. In 367:. In 350:. In 197:Notes 139:near 476:ISBN 449:ISBN 428:ISBN 398:ISBN 377:ISBN 213:and 171:The 114:Iran 89:The 70:adur 63:Name 46:Iran 182:of 135:at 112:of 97:of 59:). 44:of 495:: 277:^ 232:^ 154:, 145:c. 123:r. 116:, 55:r. 48:, 26:: 484:. 457:. 436:. 406:. 385:. 297:. 217:. 120:( 52:( 22:(

Index

Middle Persian
Sasanian
banbishnan banbishn
King of Kings
Iran
Shapur I
adur
Anahita

Ka'ba-ye Zartosht
inscription
Shapur I
Sasanian
King of Kings
Iran
Shapur I
inscription
Ka'ba-ye Zartosht
Naqsh-e Rostam
Persepolis
Hormizd
Shapur
Narseh
banbishnan banbishn
German
Iranologist
Zoroastrianism
khwedodah
Shapurdukhtak
Bahram

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