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There are disagreements amongst historians on the name of Shahrbanu's father. Most of them mentioned that Shahrbanu was the daughter of [[Yazdgerd III]], the last Sassanid king, including [[Ahmad b. Abi Ya'qub|al-Ya'qubi]], [[Hasan b. Musa al-Nawbakhti|al-Nawbakhti]], al-Ash'ari al-Qummi, [[Hasan b. Muhammad al-Qummi]], Ibn Abi Thalj al-Baghdadi, Ibn Hayyun and Khalifa b. Khayyat in the third/[[ninth century]], as well as [[al-Kulayni]], [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] and [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] in the fourth/[[tenth century]] Afterwards most of historians and [[hadith]] scholars followed the mentioned narrations and regarded the mother of [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] as the daughter of Yazdgerd III.

Al-Shaykh al-Mufid in ''[[al-Muqni'a]]'' and [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] in ''[[Tahdhib al-ahkam (book)|al-Tahdhib]]'' mentioned the name of Yazdgerd's daughter as the mother of Imam al-Sajjad (a). While some historians and hadith scholars mentioned that an Iranian woman was the mother of Imam al-Sajjad (a) but she was not the daughter of Yazdgerd III.

In the book ''[[Majma' al-Tawarikh wa al-Qisas|Majma' al-Tawarikh]]'' which includes a large number of narrations, it is said that Sanjan, the king of [[Persia]], was the father of Shahrbanu.

[[Ibn Shahrashub]] In ''[[Manaqib al Abi Talib (book)|Manaqib]]'' stated different narrations on the identity of the mother of [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]]. In one narration, he said "Nushjan" was the father of Shahrbanu. As [['Ali b. 'Isa al-Irbili|al-Irbili]] quoted from Ibn Khashshab, Nushjan was the name of her father.