Sasanian King Names

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Sasanian Names

Regnal name concordance; I've left out all the diacriticals.

PAHLAVI TRANSLITERATIONS
(as they appear on coins) MALEK NC 153
(1993) SEARS
(1997) GOBL
(1971) MITCHINER
(1978) SELLWOOD
(1985) BOSWORTH
(1999) ALRAM
(1986) MOCHIRI
(1983) FRYE
(1963) WIESEHOFER
(1996) CNG
(2000) ELSEN
(2000)

'rthstr Ardaxshir Ardashir Ardasher Ardeshir Artashir Ardashir Ardaxshir Ardashir Ardashir Ardashir Ardashir Ardashir

shpwhr' Shabuhr Shapur Shapur Shapur Shapur Shabur Shabuhr Shapur Shapur Shapur Shapur Shapur

'whrmzd' Ohrmazd Hormizd Hormizd Hormazd Hormazd Hormizd Ohrmazd Hormazd Hormizd Hormizd Hormizd Hormizd

wrhr'n Vahram Bahram Varhran Varahran Varhran Bahram Wahram Bahram Varahran Bahram Varhran Bahram

nrsh' Narseh Narseh Narseh Narseh Narseh Narseh Narse Narseh Nerseh Narseh Narseh Narseh

yzdkrt' Yazdgird Yazdgard Yazdgard Yazdegard Yazdgard Yazdagird Yazdagird Yazdgerd Yazdagird Yazdagird Yazdgard Yazdgird

pyrwc' Peroz Peroz Peroz Peroz Firuz Peroz Peroz Piruz Peroz Peroz Peroz Peroz

wlk'hs Valaxsh Valkash Valkash Valkash Valkash Walash Walaxsh Valkash Valash Valakhsh Valkash [?]

kw't' Kavad Kavad Kavad Kavad Kavad Kawad Kawad Kavadh Kavad Kavad Kavad Kavad

z'm'sp or z'm Jamasp Zamasp Zamasp Zamasp Zamasp Jamasp Jamasp Jamasp Zamasp Zamasp Zamasp [?]

hwsrwd' or hwsrwb' Husrav Khusrau Xusro Khusru Khusru Khusraw Xusraw Xosrow Chosroes Khosrow Khusro Khosrow

wsthm Vistahm Bistam Vistahm Vistahm Vistahm [not listed] Wistahm Vistahm [not listed] [not listed] Vistahm [?]

bwr'n' Boran Buran Buran Boran Buran Burandukht Boran Buran Boran Puran [?] [?]

'crmykdwht' Azarmig-duxt Azarmedukht [not listed] Azarmidukht Azarmidukht Azarmigdukht Azarmindost Azarmikdoxt [not listed] Azarmigdukht [?] [?]

PAHLAVI TRANSLITERATIONS (as they appear on coins)	MALEK NC 153 (1993)	SEARS (1997)	GOBL (1971)	MITCHINER (1978)	SELLWOOD (1985)	BOSWORTH (1999)	ALRAM (1986)	MOCHIRI (1983)	FRYE (1963)	WIESEHOFER (1996)	CNG (2000)	ELSEN (2000)
'rthstr	Ardaxshir	Ardashir	Ardasher	Ardeshir	Artashir	Ardashir	Ardaxshir	Ardashir	Ardashir	Ardashir	Ardashir	Ardashir
shpwhr'	Shabuhr	Shapur	Shapur	Shapur	Shapur	Shabur	Shabuhr	Shapur	Shapur	Shapur	Shapur	Shapur
'whrmzd'	Ohrmazd	Hormizd	Hormizd	Hormazd	Hormazd	Hormizd	Ohrmazd	Hormazd	Hormizd	Hormizd	Hormizd	Hormizd
wrhr'n	Vahram	Bahram	Varhran	Varahran	Varhran	Bahram	Wahram	Bahram	Varahran	Bahram	Varhran	Bahram
nrsh'	Narseh	Narseh	Narseh	Narseh	Narseh	Narseh	Narse	Narseh	Nerseh	Narseh	Narseh	Narseh
yzdkrt'	Yazdgird	Yazdgard	Yazdgard	Yazdegard	Yazdgard	Yazdagird	Yazdagird	Yazdgerd	Yazdagird	Yazdagird	Yazdgard	Yazdgird
pyrwc'	Peroz	Peroz	Peroz	Peroz	Firuz	Peroz	Peroz	Piruz	Peroz	Peroz	Peroz	Peroz
wlk'hs	Valaxsh	Valkash	Valkash	Valkash	Valkash	Walash	Walaxsh	Valkash	Valash	Valakhsh	Valkash	[?]
kw't'	Kavad	Kavad	Kavad	Kavad	Kavad	Kawad	Kawad	Kavadh	Kavad	Kavad	Kavad	Kavad
z'm'sp or z'm	Jamasp	Zamasp	Zamasp	Zamasp	Zamasp	Jamasp	Jamasp	Jamasp	Zamasp	Zamasp	Zamasp	[?]
hwsrwd' or hwsrwb'	Husrav	Khusrau	Xusro	Khusru	Khusru	Khusraw	Xusraw	Xosrow	Chosroes	Khosrow	Khusro	Khosrow
wsthm	Vistahm	Bistam	Vistahm	Vistahm	Vistahm	[not listed]	Wistahm	Vistahm	[not listed]	[not listed]	Vistahm	[?]
bwr'n'	Boran	Buran	Buran	Boran	Buran	Burandukht	Boran	Buran	Boran	Puran	[?]	[?]
'crmykdwht'	Azarmig-duxt	Azarmedukht	[not listed]	Azarmidukht	Azarmidukht	Azarmigdukht	Azarmindost	Azarmikdoxt	[not listed]	Azarmigdukht	[?]	[?]

Gobl SN = Robert Gobl, Sasanian Numismatics, Klinkhardt and Biermann, Braunschweig (1971)
Kolesnikov = A. I. Kolesnikov, Deneshnoe Chozaystvo v Irane v VII Veke, Moscow (1998)
Mitchiner ACW = Michael Mitchiner, Oriental Coins, the Ancient and Classical World, Hawkins Publications, London (1978)
Mochiri ENIS II = Malek Iradj Mochiri, Etude De Numismatique Iranienne sous les Sassanides Et Arabe-Sassanides, Tome II, Teheran (1983)
Paruck SC = F. D. J. Paruck, Sasanian Coins, Bombay (1924)
Sears MHI = Stuart D. Sears, A Monetary History of Iraq and Iran, CA. CE 500 to 750, University of Chicago, Chicago (1997)
SICA Vol. 1 = Stephen Album and Tony Goodwin, Sylloge of Islamic Coins In the Ashmolean, Volume 1: The Pre-Reform Coinage of the Early Islamic Period Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (2002)

T. K. Mallon-McCorgray, July 1996

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