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Shirin (other)
Shirin ( fa, شِيرِين, shīrīn, links=no) was the wife of Sassanid Persian king Khosrow II. Shirin may also refer to: People * Shirin Akiner (1943–2019), British historian *Shirin Bina (born 1964), Iranian actress *Shirin Darasha (1938–2012), Indian educator * Shirin Ebadi (born 1947), Iranian lawyer and Nobel Prize winner * Shirin Guha (born 1986), Indian actress *Shirin Guild (born 1946), Iranian fashion designer *Shirin Mirzayev (1942–1992), Azeri military officer * Shirin Neshat (born 1957), Iranian artist *Shirin Nezammafi (born 1979), Iranian writer * Shirin Oskooi (born 1983), former senior executive at Yahoo! *Shirin M. Rai (born 1960), Indian political scientist * Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli (born 1944), American political scientist and diplomat Places *Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah Province, Iran * Shirin, Eqlid, Iran * Shirin, Fars, Iran * Shirin, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Iran * Shirin, Razavi Khorasan, Iran * Shirin, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran *Shirin, Uzbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirin
Shirin ( fa, شیرین; died 628) was a Christian wife of the Sasanian King of Kings (''shahanshah'') Khosrow II (). In the revolution after the death of Khosrow's father Hormizd IV, the General Bahram Chobin took power over the Persian empire. Shirin fled with Khosrow to Syria, where they lived under the protection of Byzantine emperor Maurice. In 591, Khosrow returned to Persia to take control of the empire and Shirin was made queen. She used her new influence to support the Christian minority in Iran, but the political situation demanded that she do so discreetly. Initially she belonged to the Church of the East, the so-called Nestorians, but later she joined the miaphysite church of Antioch, now known as the Syriac Orthodox Church. After conquering Jerusalem in 614, amidst the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, the Persians captured the True Cross of Jesus and brought it to their capital Ctesiphon, where Shirin took the cross in her palace. Long after her death Shirin beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |