Afshin

Afshin
افشین
GenderMale
Language(s)Middle Persian
Origin
Word/nameMiddle Persian
Other names
Variant form(s)Afšīn, Afšin, Afşin/Afşın, Afshiin, Afsheen

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

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