Ardashir I
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Ardashīr · Ardashīr son of Bābak · Azdashīr ibn Abak · Azdashīr ibn Bābak · the wrathful lion · اردشير · ازدشير بن ابك · ازدشير بن بابك · الاسد الغضوب
in the texts
Risālah fī ʻilm al-akhlāq
The Sasanian king Ardashīr, whose patronymic the Cairo print gives as Azdashīr ibn Abak, cited on Satan's access to an angry king.
Satan has no hope of power over the king at any hour of time stronger than his hope in the hour of anger.
Adab al-wazīr
The Sasanian founder Ardashīr son of Bābak, cited in the print's spelling Azdashīr as an authority on the danger of the hungry noble and the sated base man.
beware the onslaught of the noble man when he is hungry, and of the base man when he is full.
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
The Persian royal name glossed the wrathful lion, one of the several lion names in Zaydan's Old Persian list.
Shīrkūh — lion of the mountain Babr, or Bābar — the lion Jamshīd — face of the sun Ardashīr — the wrathful lion Balāsh — a kind of leopard Sīmurgh — the silver fish Zarasb — the gilded steed Bahrām — Mars al-Ḍaḥḥāk — the serpent