Rodag or
Rodak (
Middle Persian:
Rōdak,
New Persian:
رودک) was a 3rd-century
Sasanian Empire noblewoman, the wife of
Pabag and the mother of
Ardashir I (), the founder of the
Sasanian Empire. She is mentioned in the inscription of Shapur I on the wall of the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht at
Naqsh-e Rostam near
Persepolis in southern Iran as “Mother of the King of Kings”.
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