Marzban was an official title for a political and/or military leader in charge of a border province of the Parthian or Sasanian Empire. According to Shahrestaniha...

noble Philip Siwni, marzbān 574–576, Armenian noble Mushegh II Mamikonian, marzbān 591?, Armenian noble Varaztirots II Bagratuni, marzbān 628 – after 631...

The Marzbān-nāma (Persian: مرزبان‌نامه, lit. 'Book of Marzban') is an early 13th-century Persian prose work. It consists of "various didactic stories...

defeated and killed Adhur Gushnasp, and thereafter declared Sahak II Bagratuni as the new marzban. He also kept repelling several Sasanian counter-attacks. In...

was appointed marzban by Yazdegerd II's grandson, Kavad I (r. 488–531). Jews were also the subject of persecution under Yazdegerd II; he is said to have...

province (shahr), governed by a non-royal delegate (marzban or shahrab) of the Sasanian shah. In 379, Shapur II designated Ardashir as his successor, and made...

covenant he would proclaim as the new marzban of Armenia, and proclaimed Sahak II Bagratuni as the new marzban. However, Adhur Gushnasp returned from...

(Middle Persian: Warāzdātan), was an Iranian nobleman who served as the marzban of Persian Armenia from 560 to 564. During his governorship, Armenia was...

Sahak II may refer to: Sahak II Bagratuni, marzban of Persian Armenia in 481–482 Sahak II of Cilicia, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia in 1902–1939...

ancestors of Smbat III, allied with Armenian marzbane. Sahak II and Smbat IV were marzbans of Armenia. The rulers of the dynasty traditionally continued...