Shapur IV

Shapur IV
𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩
King of Kings of Iranians and non-Iranians
Drachm of Shapur IV minted during the reign of his father Yazdegerd I
King of Armenia
Reign415–420
PredecessorVramshapuh
SuccessorArtaxias IV
Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire
Reign420
PredecessorYazdegerd I
SuccessorKhosrau the Usurper
BornPersia
Died420
Ctesiphon
HouseHouse of Sasan
FatherYazdegerd I
MotherShushandukht
ReligionZoroastrianism

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."