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In one of our past issues a reader had commented:

Wow, I never knew Iran ever had a Jewish Queen? ("Esther, the Jewish
Queen of Persia"). Any other prominent Jewish figures in Persian history?
Maziyar, Sherman Oaks.

The following was sent to us as a response to that very question:

Esther the queen is a debated historical character but there really was a Jewish queen: Shusandokht.

"...the reign of Yazdegird I was reminiscent of the good o,ld days under the
Achemenids. It is remarkable that this king married Shushanna, the daughter of a prominent Iranian Jew -- Mar Kahana-- one of his close confidants and the director of the Pumbedita (Jewish, Talmudic) academy. As in the Achemenid period, Iran once again had a Jewish queen. Shushana, who came to be known as Shushandokht, is the reputed founder of Shushtar."

from
Habib Levy
The Comprehensive History of the Jews of Iran / Translated by George Maschke / 1999 / page 145

Shushandokht was also the mother of the next king, Bahram Gur, which makes him technically Jewish.


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