Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Shapur III was king of Persia from 383 to 388. Son of Shapur II, he was elevated to the throne by the magnates against his uncle, Ardashir II, and killed by them after a reign of five years. He concluded a treaty with Theodosius the Great. This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.