Ardeshir
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Ardeshir or Ardashir is a middle-Persian theophoric name and may refer to:
- the throne name of several emperors:
- Ardeshir I Papakan, r. 224 - 241, founder of the 2nd Persian Empire.
- Ardeshir II Bahram, r. 379 - 383, son of Hormizd II and successor of Shapur II "the Great"
- Ardeshir III Kavadh, r. 628 - 630, the youngest of the Sassanid kings.
- Ardeshir is also the middle Persian equivalent of old Persian Artashathra (Greek: Artaxerxes), the throne name of five of the emperors of the 1st Persian Empire.
- a male first name:
- Ardeshir Cowasjee, journalist
- Ardeshir Godrej, inventor and engineer
- Ardeshir Godrej, industrialist
- Ardeshir Hosseinpour, Iranian scientist
- Ardeshir Irani, screen-writer and director
- Ardeshir Kamkar, musician
- Ardeshir Mohassess, illustrator
- Ardeshir Sepahsalar, philosopher
- Ardeshir Talyarkhan, cricket commentator
- Ardeshir Tarapore, soldier
- Ardeshir Zahedi, diplomat
- Ardeshir is also the name of a mountain on the Moon.
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