| Shapur IV 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 | |
|---|---|
| King of Kings of Iran and non-Iran[a] | |
 Drachm of Shapur IV minted during the reign of his father Yazdegerd I | |
| King of Armenia | |
| Reign | 415-420 |
| Predecessor | Vramshapuh |
| Successor | Artaxias IV |
| Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire | |
| Reign | 420 |
| Predecessor | Yazdegerd I |
| Successor | Khosrau the Usurper |
| Born | Persia |
| Died | 420 Ctesiphon |
| House | House of Sasan |
| Father | Yazdegerd I |
| Mother | Shushandukht |
| Religion | Zoroastrianism |
Shapur IV (Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 Šāhpuhr), was king of Sasanian Armenia from 415 to 420, who briefly ruled the Sasanian Empire in 420. The only witnesses to this brief reign are the 5th century Armenian historians Łazar Pʿarpecʿi and Movses Khorenatsʿi, and the Mandaean Book of Kings, in which he appears as "King Shābur, son of Yazdiger."[1]
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- ^ Häberl, Charles (2022). The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World. Liverpool: Liverpool. p. 72. ISBN 9781837642595. Retrieved 19 July 2024.