Ruler · 201 – 272

Shapur I

Lived 201 – 272. Emperor of the Sasanian Empire (Sasanian Empire), 240 – 270; also in the line of Persian Empire.

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Lived: 201 – 272; 71 years
In office: 30 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

Emperor of the Sasanian Empire

Sasanian Empire · the 2nd of 32 dated reigns · 224 – 651

Shapur I240 – 270

27 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 240 – 270 · 30 years

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

Also in the line of Persian Empire (12th of 51, read from the line of Sasanian Empire).

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