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Boran ( Middle Persian: ; 590–628 or 631) was empress regnant of the Sasanian Empire. Boran was the daughter of emperor Khosrow II. She was the first and one of only two women to rule the Sasanian Empire; the other was her sister and successor, Azarmidokht). Various authors place her reign between one year and four months to two years.
Her name appears as Bōrān (or Burān) on her coinage. The Persian poet Ferdowsi refers to her as Porandokht in his epic poem, the Shahnameh. She was committed to revive the memory and prestige of her father, during whose reign the Sasanian Empire had grown to its largest territorial extent.
Boran may refer to:
- Boran, a Turkish masculine given name.
- Boran, Queen of Sassanid Persia
- Boran languages, part of the proposed Bora–Witoto language family
- Boran, or Borana people, a pastoralist people in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya
- Borana language
- Boran cattle, a breed of cattle found in eastern Africa and associated with the Borana
- Borani, a Persian appetizer with yoghurt.
Boran is a common masculine Turkish given name. It is a derivative of the word Bora.
Usage examples of "boran".
A minute later, Val Boran was outlined momentarily in the doorway of the cabin he shared with Sonig.
Hunter was more popular with the Court and the populace, while Boran held many powerful people among his friends.
Hunter and Boran had been named Regents, but neither had even nominal power while so named.
From Boran, they received whatever he was in the mood to give them, usually roughness and insults, if nothing worse.
Only since the death of their king had Boran shown such arrogant contempt for the women he called to his bed.
Uninterested in the pleasuring of trained courtesans, Boran merely used their bodies.
Since princes were valuable to men who thought of ransom, Hunter had kept that part of his identity a secret as, no doubt, Boran had.
Hunter would become the first chink in her defenses, and Boran had only to wait, and watch it happen.
His eyes closed now, breath rasping as he leaned against a rough-barked tree, Boran imagined how it would be.
And if Boran did come, would he remain only long enough to take a dying unicorns horn before returning to Rubicon and the throne?
Another Huntman began to speak, and Boran knocked him flat without even thinking about it.
The resulting battle within her was throwing up a kind of shield against himself, Boran realized.
Still holding the knife, Boran moved his thumb across her lips roughly, again and again, staring fixedly at what he was doing.
And he would have, because Boran would disgust the Court with his horrible face!
He knocked Boran off his feet and they were rolling, locked together, on ground churned by boots and flecked with blood.