Talk:Borandukht

Name
Her name is simply spelled as "Boran" (or "Buran") on all her silver drachma, as well as on her special issue gold coinage where she is shown in a frontal pose. For instance one can look up any book on Sasanian numismatics like Göbl. I have cited publications of Dr. Daryaee. Therefore this is what she was called in her lifetime.

"B" and "P" look entirely different in Pahlavi, so her actual name could NOT have possibly been "Poran". That is something that simply appeared in latterday, possibly post-Islamic works (such as Shahnameh). Borandokht (بوراندخت) appears mostly in modern Persian literature, as far as I am aware of.

Encyclopedia Iranica uses Boran (as do many major publications – books of Dr. Farrokh, for instance). So I am moving the page to Boran which is more elegant and more accurate.--Grinevitski (talk) 13:05, 8 May 2015 (UTC)