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...
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the son and successor of Kavad I (r. 488–496, 498/9–531). Inheriting a reinvigorated empire at war with the Byzantines, Khosrow I signed a peace treaty with...
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as the new shahanshah. Order would first be restored under Peroz's son Kavad I (r. 488–496, 498/9–531), who reformed the empire and defeated the Hephthalites...
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of Kings of Iran from 496 to 498/9. He was a son of Peroz I and younger brother of Kavad I. Jamasp was installed on the Sasanian throne upon the deposition...
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appointed Peroz's son Kavad I as the new shah of Iran. According to Miskawayh (d. 1030), Sukhra was Kavad's maternal uncle. Kavad I (488–531) was an energetic...
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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...
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same as "Ayādgār ī Šahrīhā" (lit. “Memoir of Cities") named in the Bundahishn and said to have been written following an order of Kavad I. The terms Eranshahr...
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controversial figure during the reign of Emperor Kavad I (r. 498–531), until he was killed by Emperor Khusrau I (r. 531–579). Mazdakism was a dualistic religion...
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Anastasian War (section Kavad's campaign of 502)
When the Roman emperor Anastasius I refused to provide any help, Kavad tried to gain the money by force. In 502, Kavad quickly captured the unprepared city...
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Hephthalites (section Protectors of Kavad)
Sasaniana army of Balash, and was able to put Kavad I (488–496, 498–531) on the throne. In 496–498, Kavad I was overthrown by the nobles and clergy, escaped...
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Seleucus I Nicator (/sɪˈluːkəs/; Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, Séleukos Nikátōr, "Seleucus the Victorious"; c. 358 BC – 281 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general...
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Sasanian prince, who was the second oldest son of the incumbent king (shah) Kavad I (r. 488–496, 498–531). Jamasp was greatly admired for his ability in war...
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Antiochus I Soter (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος Σωτήρ, Antíochos Sōtér; "Antiochus the Savior"; c. 324/3 – 2 June 261 BC) was a Greek king of the Seleucid...
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Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c. 1294 or 1290...
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Arrajan (redirect from Weh-az-Amid-Kavad)
Khuzestan province, Iran. The city was refounded by the Sasanian emperor Kavad I and continued to develop in the Islamic period. Having fertile soil and...
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Nebuchadnezzar I (/ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzər/ NEB-yuu-kəd-NEZ-ər; Babylonian: mdNabû-kudurrī-úṣur (AN-AG-ŠA-DU-ŠIŠ) or mdNábû-ku-dúr-uṣur, meaning "Nabû, protect...
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Siyawush (category Generals of Kavad I)
(arteshtaran-salar) during the second reign of the Sasanian king (shah) Kavad I (r. 498–531). In c. 520, he was accused of purposely misusing peace negotiations...
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successor, Balash (r. 484–488), used the title of hukay ("the good king"). Kavad I (r. 488–496, 498–531) was the last Sasanian monarch to have kay inscribed...
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start of the first Sasanian golden era. Thus, along with Shapur I, Kavad I and Khosrow I, he is regarded as one of the most illustrious Sasanian kings....
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(approximately after 520) by the Sasanians, during the reign of Kavad I (r. 488–496, 498/9–531) or Khosrow I (r. 531–579), and comprised the eastern and northeastern...
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Darius the Great (redirect from King Darius I of Persia)
Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid...
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'Beh az Amed-e Kavad' all used by later historians to refer to the reconstructed Arjan, include an element referring to king Kavad I. Through time, Arrajan...
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Ahmose I (Amosis, Aahmes; meaning "Iah (the Moon) is born") was a pharaoh and founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt in the New Kingdom of Egypt,...
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city underwent another name change when Kavad I fortified the city and called it Perozkavad ("victorious Kavad"). At this time P'artaw was highly prosperous...
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outright attacks from the aggressive Sassanids in the east. Finally, Shapur I of Persia inflicted a disastrous defeat upon the Romans at the Battle of Edessa...
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211 Norwich 1997, p. 94 Oman 1893, p. 212 Börm, Henning (2024). "Kavad I, Khosrow I, and the Wars with the Roman Empire". In Hyland, John; Rezakhani,...
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Sukhra played a main role in Balash's deposition, and appointed Peroz's son Kavad as the new shah of Iran. The Hephthalites were a tribal group that was most...
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He engaged the Sasanian Empire in the east during Kavad I's reign, and later again during Khosrow I's reign; this second conflict was partially initiated...
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(January 2020 estimate). Qubodiyon was possibly founded by the Sasanian king Kavad I (r. 488–496, 498/9–531) during his exile in the Hephthalite Empire, where...
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of Judea during the Iron I and Iron II periods has little room for historicizing readings of the stories of I-II Samuel and I Kings. Redford 1992, pp. 301–302:...
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