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[[Sayyid Ja'far Shahidi]] in his book ''[[The Life of 'Ali ibn al-Husayn (a) (book)]]'' has mentioned and discussed this report and finally rejected it.
[[Sayyid Ja'far Shahidi]] in his book ''[[The Life of 'Ali ibn al-Husayn (a) (book)]]'' has mentioned and discussed this report and finally rejected it.


==Doubts==
===Reasons of doubts===
A number of historical researches mentioned that the mother of Imam al-Sajjad (a) was a concubine from Sistan, Sind or Kabul. None of the historians have mentioned Shahrbanu's name among the children of Yazdgerd the last Sassanid king. Only [[al-Mas'udi]] mentioned the names of the three daughters of Yazdgerd as Adark, Shahin and Muravand.
* A number of historical researches mentioned that the mother of Imam al-Sajjad (a) was a concubine from Sistan, Sind or Kabul.  


The Iranian princess was unknown to [[Banu Hashim]] in the second century after [[Bi'that]]. [[Mansur al-Dawaniqi]] replied to a letter from Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah, also known as [[Al-Nafs al-Zakiyya]], and said: "After the demise of [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] no one was born superior to [['Ali b. al-Husayn (a)]] in our family and his mother was Umm Walad (concubine)."
* None of the historians have mentioned Shahrbanu's name among the children of Yazdgerd the last Sassanid king. Only al-Mas'udi mentioned the names of the three daughters of Yazdgerd as Adark, Shahin and Muravand.
 
* The Iranian princess was unknown to [[Banu Hashim]] in the second/[[eighth century]]. [[Mansur al-Dawaniqi]] replied to a letter from Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah, also known as [[Al-Nafs al-Zakiyya]], and said: "After the demise of [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] no one was born superior to [['Ali b. al-Husayn (a)]] in our family and his mother was Umm Walad (concubine)."


==Critics' Perspective==
==Critics' Perspective==
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