Murrod or Myrod (Middle Persian: Murrōd, New Persian: مورود) was a 3rd-century Sasanian queen (banbishn), the wife of the Sasanian king (shah) Ardashir I (r. 224–242) and mother of Sasanian king Shapur I (r. 242–270).[1][2] She is mentioned in the inscription of Shapur I on the wall of the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht at Naqsh-e Rostam near Persepolis in southern Iran as “Lady Murrod, Mother of the King of Kings”.[1] According to a legend[3] she was a Parthian princess and a daughter of Artabanus IV of Parthia.[4]
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- Brosius, Maria (2000). "WOMEN i. In Pre-Islamic Persia". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. London et al.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Shahbazi, A. Shapur (2002). "Šāpur I". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
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