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Shapur IV
Shapur IV ( "Šāhpuhr"), was king of Persian Armenia from 415 to 420, who briefly ruled the Sasanian Empire in 420.
Biography.
Shapur IV was the son of Yazdegerd I and Shushandukht, and had two brothers named Bahram V and Narse. At the death of the Arsacid Armenian king Khosrov IV, Yazdegerd I decided to give the royal crown of Armenia to his eldest son Shapur IV, instead of giving it to Khosrov's nephew, Artaxias IV. During Shapur's reign in
Khosrau I (r. 531-579). Apparently he was the father of a person known as Asparapet, whose original name was Shapur, who was the grandfather of Shah Khosrau II (r. 591-528), the son of Shapur's daughter and Hormizd IV (r. 579-590); beyond this relationship, it is known that Shapur was the father of Vistahm and Vinduyih.
According to some sources, Bawi participated in the negotiations that led to the peace of 506 between Anastasius I (r. 491-