Ardeshir

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Ardeshīr, Ardashīr, or Ardashēr is Middle Persian for "whose reign is through arda (truth)" and may refer to:

• the throne name of several emperors:
• Ardeshir I Papakan, r. 224 - 241, founder of the 2nd Persian Empire.
• Ardeshir II Bahram, r. 379 - 383, son of Hormizd II and successor of Shapur II "the Great"
• Ardeshir III Kavadh, r. 628 - 630, the youngest of the Sassanid kings.
• Ardeshir is also the Middle Persian equivalent of Old Persian Artaxšacā (Latinized Artaxerxes), the throne name of five emperors of the 1st Persian Empire.

• a male first name:
• Ardeshir Cowasjee, Pakistani journalist
• Ardaseer Cursetjee, the first Indian elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
• Ardeshir Godrej, Indian inventor and engineer
• Ardeshir Godrej, Indian industrialist
• Ardeshir Hosseinpour, Iranian scientist
• Ardeshir Irani, Indian Irani screen-writer and director
• Ardeshir Kamkar, Iranian musician
• Ardeshir Mohassess, Iranian illustrator
• Ardeshir Sepahsalar, Iranian philosopher
• Ardeshir Talyarkhan, Indian cricket commentator
• Ardeshir Tarapore, Indian soldier
• Ardeshir Zahedi, Iranian diplomat

• Mons Ardeshir is the name of a mountain on the Moon.

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