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Vashti

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Vashti
Queen o Persie
Vashti Refuises the King's Summons bi Edwin Long
Queen o Persie
Ringtill c. 479 BC
PredecessorAmestris
SpouseKeeng Xerxes I o Persia
HoosePersie
FaitherBelshazzar
ReleegionZoroastrianism

Vashti (Hebrew: וַשְׁתִּי‬, Vashti, Koine Greek: Αστιν Astin) wis Queen o Persie an the first wife o Persie King Ahasuerus in the Beuk o Esther, a beuk included in the Tanakh (Ebreu Bible) an read on the Jewish holiday o Purim.[1][2]

References

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  1. "Vashti: Midrash and Aggadah". Jewish Women's Archive (in Inglis). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. "Vashti, Esther, And The Feminist History of Purim | Arts | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 18 October 2023.