Peroz of Meshan (

Middle Persian Middle Persian, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg ( Inscriptional Pahlavi script: , Manichaean script: , Avestan script: ) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasania ...

: 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 ''Pērōz'') was a

Sasanian The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranians"), was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, the length of the Sasanian dynasty's reign ...

prince active during the reign of his grandfather, king (''

shah Shāh (; ) is a royal title meaning "king" in the Persian language.Yarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989) Though chiefly associated with the monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Per ...

'')

Shapur I Shapur I (also spelled Shabuhr I; ) was the second Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. The precise dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent u ...

(). He was a son of

Shapur Meshanshah Shapur Meshanshah (), was a 3rd-century Sasanian prince. He was the second son of the Sassanian shah Shapur I Shapur I (also spelled Shabuhr I; ) was the second Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. The precise dating of his reign i ...

and possibly the latter's wife Denag. He had at least six brothers, all of whom are mentioned in the trilingual inscription () of Shapur I. Nothing more is known about Peroz. He may be the same the person as his namesake mentioned in the

Paikuli inscription The Paikuli inscription (, , in ) is a bilingual text corpus in Parthian and Middle Persian, inscribed on the stone blocks of the Paikuli Tower's walls. The tower is located in the southern part of Iraqi Kurdistan, near the modern-day village of ...

() of

Narseh Narseh (also spelled Narses or Narseus; ) was the seventh King of Kings of Sasanian Iran from 293 to 303. The youngest son of Shapur I (), Narseh served as the governor of Sakastan, Hind and Turan under his father. Shapur I was eventually s ...

(), in which he appears as a court dignitary. According to the inscription, he supported Narseh against Bahram III (r. 293) in the struggle for the throne.

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*{{cite web, url=http://www.dr-ursula-weber.de/Prosopographie/web/viewer.php?file=Peroz_Meshan.pdf, title=Pērōz, Sohn Šābuhrs, des Königs von Mēšān, Enkel Šābuhrs I. �KZ I 27last=Weber, first=Ursula, website=dr-ursula-weber.de Sasanian princes 3rd-century Iranian people 3rd-century births Shapur I