PEHLIVI INSCRIPTION. 
189 
In English, thus : 
<£ This is the image of the adorer of Ormuzd, the most ex¬ 
cellent Shapoor, king of kings, of Iran, and An-Iran, offspring 
of the gods, son of the adorer of Ormuzd, the excellent Hormuz, 
king of kings, of Iran, and An-Iran, descended from the divine 
i*ace, and grandson of the excellent Narsi, king of kings.” 
The word An-Iran , is supposed to mean all beyond Iran , that 
is, the Persian empire’s conquered dependencies, or, in more 
Asiatic language, the whole world. Moullah Firoze, a learned 
parsee of Bombay, explains the name of Airan (Iran) to be de¬ 
rived from that of Believer ; and that Anairan , meaning Unbe¬ 
lievers, the two terms amount to the same thing as the foregoing 
title, and proclaims the Persian monarch to be sole governor of 
the habitable globe. The figure attached to this first inscription, 
we must therefore understand to be that of Shapoor II., sur- 
named Zoolaktaf, who died A.D. 381, after a reign of seventy 
years. — The second inscription runs thus : 
“ Patkeli teman mezdiezn behia Schapouri malcan malca, 
Airan ve Anairan minotchetri men Yezdan boman mezdiezn 
behia Schapouri malcan malca Airan ve Anairan minotchetri 
men Yezdan behia Onnazdi malcan malca.” 
Which means, 
“ This is the image of the adorer of Ormuzd, the most ex¬ 
cellent Shapoor, king of kings, of Iran, and An-Iran, offspring of 
the Gods, son of the adorer of Ormuzd, the excellent Shapoor, 
king of kings, of Iran and An-Iran, descended from the divine 
race, and grandson of the excellent Hormuz, king of kings.” 
This personage, therefore, represents Shapoor III., the son of 
the preceding; he was a brave and liberal prince, but reigned 
