Editing Shapur I (section)

===Governors during his reign===
[[File:Naqsh-e Rajab 01.jpg|thumb|Relief showing Shapur I on horseback, followed by his sons and nobles]]
Under Shapur, the Sasanian court, including its territories, were much larger than that of his father. Several governors and vassal-kings are mentioned in his inscriptions; Ardashir, governor of [[Qom]]; Varzin, governor of [[Spahan]]; Tiyanik, governor of [[Hamadan]]; Ardashir, governor of Neriz; Narseh, governor of Rind; Friyek, governor of [[Gundishapur]]; Rastak, governor of [[Veh-Ardashir]]; [[Amazasp III of Iberia|Amazasp III]], king of [[Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity)|Iberia]]. Under Shapur several of his relatives and sons served as governor of Sasanian provinces; [[Bahram I|Bahram]], governor of [[Gilan]]; [[Narseh]], governor of [[Sindh]], [[Sakastan (Sasanian province)|Sakastan]] and [[Turan (Sasanian province)|Turan]]; Ardashir, governor of [[Kirman (Sasanian province)|Kirman]]; [[Hormizd I|Hormizd-Ardashir]], governor of [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Armenia]]; [[Shapur Meshanshah]], governor of [[Meshan]]; Ardashir, governor of [[Adiabene]].{{sfn|Frye|1984|p=299}}