Ardeshir

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Ardeshīr, Ardashīr, or Ardashēr (Persian: اردشير ) 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.