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Shushandukt

Sasanian queen
Also known as: Suzan
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  • Hamadan, Iran
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    …in reality that of Queen Shushandukht, or Suzan, wife of the Sasanian king Yazdegerd I (died 420 ce) and mother of Bahrām V, the great hunter. She helped establish a Jewish colony in the city and was herself of that faith. Her tomb and the reputed grave of Mordecai, uncle…

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    …in reality that of Queen Shushandukht, or Suzan, wife of the Sasanian king Yazdegerd I (died 420 ce) and mother of Bahrām V, the great hunter. She helped establish a Jewish colony in the city and was herself of that faith. Her tomb and the reputed grave of Mordecai, uncle…

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