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Adur-Anahid was a daughter of the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran, Shapur I ( r. 240–270 ). [1] She is mentioned twice in an inscription on the wall of the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht at Naqsh-e Rostam near Persepolis in southern Iran, which Shapur I had created in c. 262. [2] [1] In the first paragraph, Shapur I claims to have ordered the ...
Dec 15, 1983 · ĀDUR-ANĀHĪD. ĀDUR-ANĀHĪD, 3rd century A.D. Sasanian “queen of queens.”. The name is probably a compound of two associated deities, Fire and Anāhitā, and so falls into a category of proper names well documented from Sasanian times, but clarified only recently. Previously it was taken to mean “Fire of Anāhitā.”.
patronage by Sāsānian Iranian kings. …temple at Istakhr, known as Ādur-Anāhīd, the Anāhīd Fire. With the new dynasty having these priestly antecedents, it seems only natural that there would have been important developments in the Zoroastrian religion during the Sāsānian period. In fact, the evolution of Zoroastrianism as an ...
Adur-Anahid (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭲𐭲𐭲𐭲 𐭦𐭩 𐭲𐭲𐭲𐭲𐭩𐭲 ) was a high-ranking 3rd-century Iranian noblewoman from the royal Sasanian family, who wielded the title of Queen of Queens (banbishnan banbishn). She was a daughter of the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran, Shapur I (r. 240–270).
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We may recall that in Iran the so-called Adur Anahid fire temple in Estakhr which had been Donal O Cathasaigh, “The Cult of Brigid: A Study of PaganChristian Syncretism in Ireland,” in James J. Preston, ed., Mother Worship: Theme and Variations, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1982, pp. 78-79. 221 Lisa M. Bitel, “St ...
