Ifra-hormazd de Seistan (Kaboul)

• Preferred Name: Ifra-hormazd de Seistan (Kaboul)
  
• Alternate Name: DE PERSE
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: MYGB-DFF
  
• Religion: Jewish father and she converted to Christianity later
  
• Birth: 280 in Gandharadi, Odisha, India at LATI: N0.9167 LONG: E4.2333
  
• Death: Y
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Ifra Hormizd (Modern Persian: ایفرا هرمز) or Faraya Ohrmazd (Modern Persian: فرایه هرمز) was a Sassanid noblewoman, spouse of Hormizd II and mother of Shapur II. Following the death of Hormizd, and the crisis of succession that followed, the noblemen of the country decided to hand over power to the last child of Hormizd, who had not yet been born of Ifra. Thus, the crown was placed on Ifra's belly, and she ruled over the country with nobles until the adulthood of her son who got named Shapur.
  
  Ifra Hormizd had a Jewish father and she converted to Christianity later. There have been many accounts throughout history of her friendly relations and cooperation with the Jews at the court in achieving their goals. She has been mentioned in five chapters of Talmud. Talmud represents Ifra as a queen with interest in Judaism.
  
  Following the death of Hormizd II (r. 302–309), his son Adur Narseh (r. 309–309) succeeded him, but after a while he was deposed and killed by noblemen. Nobles then blinded Hormizd's second son and his third son who was named Hormizd, was imprisoned. He escaped the prison shortly afterwards and took refuge in Roman Empire. Therefore the throne of Sassanid empire was considered for the unborn son of Hormizd by his wife Ifra Hormizd, who later became Shapur II (r. 309–379).
  
  According to a Nestorian chronicle, the father of Shapur II's mother was Jewish. According to the corresponding chronicle, Ifra Hormizd was converted to Christianity by Shemon Bar Sabbae and it was one of the main reasons for execution of Shemon and persecution of Christians during reign of Shapur II.
  
  === NN name not known,was daughter of King o ===
  NN name not known,was daughter of King of Kabul

• m. ABT 300

1. Shapur II "The Great" Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire, b. ABT 309 in Ctesiphon, Peria, Sasanian Empire     d. ABT 379 in Ctesiphon, Persia, Sasanian Empire