Zik was a 4th-century

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officer active during the reign of the

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king (

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)

Shapur II Shapur II ( pal, 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 ; New Persian: , ''Šāpur'', 309 – 379), also known as Shapur the Great, was the tenth Sasanian King of Kings (Shahanshah) of Iran. The longest-reigning monarch in Iranian history, he reigned fo ...

(). He was a member of the

House of Zik The House of Zik (also recorded as House of Zix; Middle Persian: ''zikan'', Ziks; New Persian: ''dodmane zik'', Zik family) was an Iranian noble family during the Parthian and Sassanian rule in Iran. The house was from Median origin and was cen ...

, one of the

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. Not much is known about him; he was in along with

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given a large army to rule over

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, which had recently been seized by the Iranian army.

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* {{cite encyclopedia , article = SHAPUR II , last = Daryaee , first = Touraj , authorlink = , url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/shapur-ii , editor-last = , editor-first = , editor-link = , encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica , pages = , location = , publisher = , year = 2009 , isbn = 4th-century Iranian people Generals of Shapur II Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown House of Zik