His cognomen is Jamil [elegant]. When he ascended the throne of royalty, he said: ‘The time of my life and the duration of my reign are in the grasp of the will of God the Most High. I am governing only for a time, till my nephew gets older; and in my government I shall not deviate from the usages of my brother Shâpûr.’ After he had reigned four years, he surrendered the reins of government into the hands of his nephew. But the Ravayet [tradition] of Tabari is contrary to the above statement recorded in the reign of Shâpûr, and is to the effect that Shâpûr left two sons, one called after his father, namely Shâpûr, and the other named Behrâm; and that Shâpûr Zullâktâf had also a brother older than himself, Ardeshir by name, and that Hormuz, the father of Shâpûr, had kept Ardeshir at a distance from himself, not caring even for his education. Accordingly, when he was on his deathbed, he enjoined his grandees to make his posthumous son their king. After the demise of Hormuz, Ardeshir expected to be proclaimed king by the grandees of Persia, but they obeyed the wish of Hormuz, and waited until Shâpûr was born, whereon they girded their loins in his service, and excluded Ardeshir from the royal dignity. When, however, Ardeshir had usurped the kingdom, after the death of Shâpûr, he killed some of the great men of Persia on account of some old grudge, but the other grandees and nobles removed him from the throne, and seated thereon Shâpûr Bin Shâpûr Zullâktâf. Also the statement of Abn Athir agrees with the Ravayet of Tabari; but Allah knows best what is right.