 The name of Shapur is known in other languages as; Greek "Sapur", "Sabour" and "Sapuris"; Latin "Sapores" and "Sapor"; Arabic "Sābur" and "Šābur"; New Persian "Šāpur", "Šāhpur", "Šahfur".Shapur was the son of Ardashir I ("r." 224–242 [died 242]), the founder of the Sasanian dynasty and whom Shapur succeeded.His mother was Lady Myrōd, who, according to legend, was an Arsacid princess, a daughter of Artabanus IV.