Kavad II (Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭥𐭠𐭲, romanized: Kawād) was the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) of Iran briefly in 628. Born Sheroe, he was the son of...

supported a coup in which Khosrow II was deposed and killed by his estranged son Sheroe, who took power as Kavad II. This led to a civil war and interregnum...

Kavad I (Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭥𐭠𐭲 Kawād; 473 – 13 September 531) was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 488 to 531, with a two or three-year interruption...

brother-husband Kavad II, who also had all Boran's brothers and half-brothers executed, initiating a period of fractionalism within the empire. Kavad II died some...

claimed the lives of half of the population, including Kavad II himself. After the death of Kavad II, the Wuzurgan elected Ardashir as his successor, who...

faction represented by Varaztirots II Bagratuni; and the Kanarang. The factions installed Khosrow II's son Kavad II on the throne, who soon had his father...

at the Battle of Nineveh. The Persian Shah Khosrow II was overthrown and executed by his son Kavad II, who soon sued for a peace treaty, agreeing to withdraw...

Empire. In 628, following the deposition of Khosrow II, Kavad II made peace with Heraclius, but Kavad II would only have a brief reign. The conquered city...

Nebuchadnezzar II, also Nebuchadrezzar II, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir", was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from the death...

Kavad II overthrows Khosrow II and becomes Shahanshah. 628: A devastating plague kills half of the population in Western Persia, including Kavad II....

last prominent shah of Iran, Khosrow II (r. 590–628), who was in 628 overthrown and executed by his own son Kavad II, who proceeded to have all his brothers...

killing half of the population along with Kavad II, who was succeeded by Ardashir III. After the death of Kavad II, Heraclius sent Shahrbaraz a letter saying:...

(627–628) or Shiruye's Plague takes its name from the Sasanian monarch Kavad II, whose birth name was Shiruye. The plague was an epidemic that devastated...

successors, Kavad II (r. 628–628) and Ardashir III (r. 628–630), refrained from using the title, seemingly in order distance themselves from Khosrow II. The...

and imprisoned Khosrow II. He then proclaimed himself as shah of the Sasanian Empire and assumed the dynastic name of Kavad II. He proceeded to have all...

already nearing its death of natural causes. During the period in which Kavad II was influenced by Zaradust's ideas, he tried to refrain from war and was...

II, who was overthrown and executed on 28 February 628 by his own son Kavad II, who proceeded to have all his brothers and half-brothers executed, including...

of a bridge. The Persian army rebelled and overthrew Khosrow II, raising his son Kavad II, also known as Siroes, in his stead. Khosrow perished in a dungeon...

nobleman, who was the kanarang during the reign of the Sasanian king Khosrau II (r. 590–628), and various other Sasanian monarchs, which includes Yazdegerd...

Boran and her full brother Kavad II Darius II and his half-sister, Parysatis Artaxerxes II and his full sister Amestris Cambyses II and two of his sisters...

Khosrow's. Although Khosrow had been overthrown and imprisoned by his son Kavad II Sheroe, he was still treated like a monarch, with Jalinus even addressing...

Discredited by the series of disasters, Khosrow II was overthrown and killed in a coup led by his son Kavad II, who immediately sued for peace and agreed to...

Vologases II). Sometimes enumerated as Vologases V (see note on Vologases II). Sometimes enumerated as Vologases VI (see note on Vologases II). Sometimes...

of the Sasanian Empire, which even killed Khosrow's son and successor, Kavad II. In 629, Ctesiphon was briefly under the control of Mihranid usurper Shahrbaraz...

sources he has been described as a son of Kavad II (r. 628–628), whilst other state that he was a son of Khosrow II (r. 590–628). The latter seems more likely...

of a coin of Orodes II of Parthia (r. 57–37 BC). Coin of Vardanes I of Parthia (r. c. AD 40–45) Coin of the Sasanian king Kavad II, minted at Susa in 628...

Scorpion II (Ancient Egyptian: possibly Selk or Weha), also known as King Scorpion, was a ruler during the Protodynastic Period of Upper Egypt (c.3200–3000 BCE)...

punished by the "gods", who represent it. In the years following World War II, Gilgamesh, formerly an obscure figure known only by a few scholars, gradually...

The Gerzeh culture, also called Naqada II, refers to the archaeological stage at Gerzeh (also Girza or Jirzah), a prehistoric Egyptian cemetery located...

Constantinople, which arrived in 568 and offered silk as a gift to emperor Justin II and where they discussed an alliance. In 569 an embassy led by Zemarchus occurred...