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==Critics' Perspective==

Sayyid Ja'far Shahidi stated on Shahrbanu: "[[al-Mansur al-Dawaniqi]] has applied "Umm Walad" on the mother of [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] (concubine) in a letter to [[Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah]] (known as Al-Nafs al-Zakiyya) in order to humiliate him. This letter was written fifty years after the demise of Imam al-Sajjad (a) when a large number of [[Banu Hashim]] were still alive. If the story of Shahrbanu was real, Al-Mansur would never use the term Umm Walad, or if it was false, Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah would reply his letter sternly to declare that the mother of Imam al-Sajjad (a) was a princess not a concubine."

According to Dihkhuda, researches have shown that Yazdgerd did not have any daughter named as Shahrbanu. Shahrbanu was a story derived from ''Rabi' al-Abrar'' by Zamakhshari and Qabusnameh.

Yusufi Gharawi did not accept the claim of [[al-Ya'qubi]] and regarded his claim unreliable. Also al-Ya'qubi mentioned the name Harrar which was not a usual name in Persia. He also rejected the report of ''[[al-Kafi]]'' as it was narrated by 'Amr b. Shimr who was degraded as [[Da'if]] hadith narrator by [[al-Najashi]]. The report of [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] was narrated by Sahl b. Qasim al-Nushjani whose identity is unknown.