Rodag

Rodag

Rodag

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Rodag or Rodak (Middle Persian: Rōdak, New Persian: رودک) was a 3rd-century Sasanian noblewoman, the wife of Pabag and the mother of Ardashir I (r. 224–242), the founder of the Sasanian Empire.[1][2] She is mentioned in the inscription of Shapur I on the wall of the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht at Naqsh-e Rostam near Persepolis in southern Iran as “Mother of the King of Kings”.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Brosius 2000.
  2. [2]
    Wiesehöfer 1986.

Sources

  • Brosius, Maria (2000). "WOMEN i. In Pre-Islamic Persia". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. London et al.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Wiesehöfer, J. (1986). "ARDAŠĪR I i. History". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume II/4: Architecture IV–Armenia and Iran IV. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 371–376. ISBN 978-0-71009-104-8.
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