Afshin
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Afshin (Persian: افشین ) is a Persian given name, the arabicized form of the Middle Persian Pishin, which traces back to the Avesta Pisinah.[1]
It is also a title used by the princes of Ushrusana.
Afshin can also refer to:
- Afshin (Caliphate General), the 9th century General, at the Abbasid court
- Afshin (singer), a Persian pop star
- Afshin Gharkhani, a Persian film maker
[edit] References
- ^ "Afshin" in Encyclopedia Iranica. C.E. Bosworth