Akhshunwar

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title: Akhshunwar
text: Akhshunwar was a ruling title used by the Hephthalite kings in the 5th and 6th-centuries. The title is of Eastern Iranian origin; according W.B. Henning, its original form was ʾxšʾwndʾr (axšōndār), meaning "king", "ruler." G. Widengren, however, suggests that the original form was the Sogdian ʾxšʾwnwʾr, "power bearer." In the New Persian epic Shahnameh of the medieval Persian poet Ferdowsi, it was transformed into Khushnawaz, and was used as a name instead. Some scholars support the theory that
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