Bahram IV (also spelled Wahram IV or Warahran IV; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭), was the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) of Iran from 388 to 399. He...
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briefly Sasanian King of Kings of Iran in 420. Khosrow was the son of Bahram IV (r. 388–399), the sixteenth king (shah) of the Sasanian Empire. Since...
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Bahram V (also spelled Wahram V or Warahran V; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭), also known as Bahram Gur (New Persian: بهرام گور, "Bahram the onager [hunter]")...
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his own tent, after some conspiring nobles had cut its ropes. His son Bahram IV succeeded him. "Shapur" was a popular name in Sasanian Iran, being used...
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399 to 420. A son of Shapur III (r. 383–388), he succeeded his brother Bahram IV (r. 388–399) after the latter's assassination. Yazdegerd I's largely-uneventful...
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Empire. Jealous of Bahram's success in the east, Hormizd IV had him disgraced and dismissed, which led to a rebellion led by Bahram, which marked the start...
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victory. Bahram earned an elevated position in Iran due to his noble descent, character, skills, and accomplishments. The Sasanian king (shah) Hormizd IV (r...
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IV was the son of Yazdegerd I and Shushandukht, and had two brothers named Bahram V and Narse. At the death of the Arsacid Armenian king Khosrov IV,...
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Verethragna (section In the Bahram Yasht)
Verethragna or Bahram (Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 vərəθraγna) is a Zoroastrian deity. The neuter noun verethragna is related to Avestan verethra, 'obstacle'...
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officials and has Eutropius, imperial advisor (cubicularius), executed. King Bahram IV dies after an 11-year reign. He is succeeded by Yazdegerd I, who becomes...
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