Shapur of Ray
Shapur of Ray was a Sasanian military officer from the Mihran family. The city Ray in his name was the seat of the Mihran family.
According to Dinawari, he was the governor of "Khutarniyah and Bābil" during Kavadh I's reign. According to Al-Tabari, he held the rank of Supreme Commander of the Land. Ferdowsi records him being recalled by Kavadh I to destroy the powerful Sukhra of Karin family, who was also Shapur Razi's rival. Shapur Razi defeated and captured Sukhra in Shiraz. The Mihran-Karin rivalry became proverbial in the contemporary Sasanian society, as reflected in the expression "Sukhra's wind has died away, and a wind belonging to Mihran has now started to blow".
He briefly served as the governor of Persian Armenia from 483 to 484.
