Editing Bahram IV (section)

==Early life==
According to the medieval historian [[al-Tabari]] (d. 923), Bahram was the son of [[Shapur II]] ({{reign|309|379}}). However, several other historians, such as [[Hamza al-Isfahani]] (d. after 961), state that he was the son of [[Shapur III]] ({{reign|383|388}}), which is thought to be more likely.{{sfn|Klíma|1988|pp=514–522}} Bahram, during the reign of his father, was the governor of the southeastern province of [[Kirman (Sasanian province)|Kirman]], and may have built the town of [[Sirjan|Shiragan]], which would serve as the capital of the province for the remainder of the Sasanian period.{{sfn|Bosworth|1999|p=69}}{{sfn|Christensen|1993|p=182}}{{sfn|Brunner|1983|p=772}} The town played an important economic role, serving as a mint city. The district it governed was an important agricultural region.{{sfn|Brunner|1983|pp=771–772}} According to the medieval geographer [[Yaqut al-Hamawi|Yaqut]] (d. 1229), Bahram had buildings constructed in the city of [[Bardsir|Veh-Ardashir]].{{sfn|Badiyi|2020|p=213}} Like many other governors of Kirman, Bahram bore the title of {{lang|pal|Kirmanshah}} (meaning "king of Kirman"), which would serve as the name of the city he later [[Kermanshah|founded]] in western Iran.{{sfn|Brunner|1983|p=767}} In 388, Bahram succeeded his father, who had been killed by a party of Iranian nobles.{{sfn|Klíma|1988|pp=514–522}}{{sfn|Kia|2016|p=236}}