Boran (Middle Persian: 45px; 590 – 628 or 631) was the daughter of the Sasanian emperor Khosrau II. She was the first and one of only two women on the throne of the Sasanian Empire (the other was her sister and successor Azarmidokht). Various authors place her reign between one year and four months to two years.Her name appears as Bōrān (or Burān) on her coinage. The Persian poet Ferdowsi refers to her as Porandokht in his epic poem, the Shahnameh.