ܫܓܢܫܗ šgnšh
This title, attributed to Warahrān II (276–293 AD), is the transcription of MP *sagānšāh = *sakānšāh King of the Sakas, cf. Gr. Σεγανσάα (Agathias IV 24, 8), and not a rendering of MP šāhānšāh, King of Kings, as suggested by PS Suppl. Cf. Syr. sgwsṭn, sgstn Sīstān (PS Suppl. 230), corresponding to the ManParth. place-name sgystʾn /sagēstan/ (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 306), and ManMP proper name sgʾʾn /sagān/ of the Sakas (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 306). In fact, the actual Syr. rendering of MP šāhānšāh is šhnšh (see s.v.) and, moreover, it is known that Warahrān's successor, Narseh, held the title of "king of the Sakas", a title probably conferred on Warahrān III by his father Warahrān II after his accession: see Humbach – Skjærvø 1978–1983, 3/2, 11, where it is also noted that Warahrān III was later remembered by Islamic historians as the King of the Sakas (Sagānšāh), even if the hypothesis is admitted that we may have here a corruption from āhānšāh. The interpretation as "King of the Sakas" is suggested also by the editor E. Brooks (47, 11 transl.), who ad l. adds the following note: “Pro šgnšṙh scribendum erat in textu sgnšṙh”. See Ciancaglini 2001d, 59 and n. 129 ● EN chr 296, 19 ◆ PS Suppl. 327