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:
[edit] Throne name of several emperors
- Ardashir I, r. 224–241, founder of the Sassanid Empire
- Ardashir II, r. 379–383, son of Hormizd II and successor of Shapur II "the Great"
- Ardashir III, r. 628–630, the youngest of the Sassanid kings
- Artaxerxes (disambiguation) (the Old Persian equivalent of "Ardeshir"), several emperors of the Achaemenid Empire
- Ardashir Orontid, Armenian King from the Orontid Dynasty
[edit] Given name
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- Ardeshir Cowasjee (born 1926), Pakistani journalist
- Ardaseer Cursetjee (1808–1877), the first Indian elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
- Ardeshir Godrej (1868–1936), Indian inventor and engineer
- Adi Godrej (born 1942), Indian industrialist
- Ardeshir Hosseinpour (1962–2007), Iranian scientist
- Ardeshir Irani (1886–1969), Indian Irani screen-writer and director
- Ardeshir Kamkar (born 1962), Iranian musician
- Ardeshir Mohasses (1938–2008), Iranian illustrator
- A. F. S. Talyarkhan (1897–1990), Indian cricket commentator
- Ardeshir Tarapore (1923–1965), Indian soldier
- Ardeshir Zahedi (born 1928), Iranian diplomat
[edit] Other
- Mons Ardeshir, a mountain on the Moon
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