Afshin

Afshin
افشین
GenderMale
Language(s)Middle Persian
Origin
Word/nameMiddle Persian
Other names
Variant form(s)Afšīn, Afšin, Afşin/Afşın, Afshiin, Afsheen[a]
Coin in the name of Rakhanch, Sogdian Afshin of the Principality of Ushrusana. Tamgha symbol on the reverse with the title and name of the ruler. Excavated in the Palace of Kala-i Kakhkakha I, Bunjikat. 7th century CE, National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan (RTL 213).[1]

Afshin (Persian: افشین, romanized: Afšin) is a common Persian given name derived from Avestan. Afshin was used by the Sogdians.[2] Historically, it was the title of the rulers of Principality of Ushrusana in Transoxiana before the Muslim conquest of Persia..


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  1. ^ Kurbanov, Sharofiddin (2021). Tadjikistan : au pays des fleuves d'or. Paris, Gand: Musée Guimet, Editions Snoeck. p. 152. ISBN 978-9461616272.
  2. ^ Mehrdad Kia (27 June 2016). The Persian Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-1-61069-391-2.