Editing Shahrbaraz (section)

== Name ==
''{{lang|en|Shahrbaraz}}'' is actually a title, literally meaning "the Boar of the Empire",<ref name=Gyselen /> attesting to his dexterity in military command and his warlike personality, as the boar was the animal associated with the [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] [[Yazata|Izad]] [[Verethragna|Vahram]], the epitome of victory. ''Shahrwarāz'' ([[Inscriptional Pahlavi]]: {{lang|pal|𐭱𐭲𐭫𐭥𐭫𐭠𐭰}} štlwlʾc<ref name=Gyselen>{{cite journal |last1=Gyselen |first1=Rika |title=Lorsque l'archéologie rencontre la tradition littéraire. Les titres des chefs d'armée de l'Iran sassanide |journal=Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres |date=2001 |volume=145 |issue=1 |pages=447–459 |doi=10.3406/crai.2001.16274}}</ref>) is a [[Middle Persian]] word, with ''shahr'' meaning "country" and ''warāz'' meaning "boar". This word is rendered as ''Shahrbarāz'' ({{lang|fa|شهربراز}}) in [[New Persian]] and as ''Sarvaros'' (Greek: {{lang|grc|Σαρβάρος}}; Latin: ''{{lang|la|Sarbarus}}'') in Byzantine sources.<ref>{{cite book |last1=I. (Constantinopolitanus) |first1=Nicephorus |title=Short History |date=1990 |publisher=Dumbarton Oaks |isbn=9780884021841 |page=65 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ferdowsi]] has used the shortened form ''Gurāz'' ({{lang|fa|گراز}}, literally "boar"), which is from Middle Persian ''warāz''.<ref name=Shahnama />

According to [[al-Tabari]], his real name was ''Farrukhān'' ({{lang|ar|فرخان}}).<ref name=Shahnama /> The name is corrupted as ''Khoream'' in [[Old Armenian|Armenian]] sources<ref name=documents-and-history /> and ''Farāyīn'' ({{lang|fa|فرایین}})  in [[Ferdowsi]]'s ''[[Shahnama]]''. Ferdowsi has split Shahrbaraz's character into two: Farayin who was the usurper, and [[Shahran-Guraz]] who supported [[Bahram Chobin]]'s rebellion.<ref name=Shahnama>{{cite book |title=The Shahnama Of Firdausi VI |date=1912 |publisher=London : Kegan Paul Trench Trubner And Co.Ltd |page=50 |url=https://archive.org/stream/shahnamaoffirdau015797mbp/shahnamaoffirdau015797mbp_djvu.txt |access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref>

Armenian sources also use the title ''Razmyozan'' (also spelled ''Razmiozan'', ''Erazmiozan'', ''Razmayuzan'').<ref name=documents-and-history /><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/destruction-of-the-dur-gu-nasp-temple-in-durb-dag-n-as-a-revenge-for-abduction-of-the-holy-cross-from-jerusalem-in-the-context-of-the-letters-of|title=Destruction of the ādur gušnasp temple in ādurbādagān as a revenge for abduction of the Holy Cross from Jerusalem in the context of the letters of Heraclius|first=Maksymiuk Katarzyna|last=Iwona|date=26 April 2017|journal=Метаморфозы истории|issue=9|pages=109–125 |via=cyberleninka.ru}}</ref> The title is also mentioned as ''Rasmiozdan'', ''Rasmiozan'' ([[Old Georgian language|Georgian]]), ''rsmysa'' ({{langx|ar|رسميسة}}, reading uncertain), ''Rōmēzān'', ''Rūmīzān'', ''Rumbūzān'' ([[al-Tabari]], ''[[Tarikh al-Tabari|Tarikh]]'').<ref name=documents-and-history>{{cite book|title=Documents and the History of the Early Islamic World|date=2014|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004284340|page=30, footnote 18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQWjBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA30|language=en}}</ref>