Varsken (Middle Persian: Vazgēn) was an Iranian prince from the Mihranid family of Gugark, who served as the bidaxsh (margrave) of the region from 470...
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was a Christian Armenian woman who was tortured to death by her husband Varsken in the town of Tsurtavi, Georgia. Since she died defending her right to...
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her husband Prince Varsken, a recent convert to Zoroastrianism, because she refused to convert and wanted to stay Christian. Varsken was then executed...
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Armenian noblewoman, at the hand of her spouse, bidaxshe (high prince) Varsken, who had renounced Christianity and embraced Zoroastrianism. Shushanik...
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394–430 Arshusha I after 430–? Bakur II mid 5th-century Arshusha II ?–470 Varsken 470–482 Arshusha III 482–after 540/1 Arshusha IV ca. first decade of the...
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Shushanik, born around 439 AD. Shushanik married Varsken, a prominent Mihranid feudal lord (pitiakhsh). When Varsken took a pro-Persian position renouncing Christianity...
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their autonomy. In 482, Vakhtang put to death his most influential vassal, Varsken, vitaxa of Gogarene, a convert to Zoroastrianism and a champion of Iran's...
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Sistan Sakastan Bahram Chobin Ray Burzin Shah Nishapur Mahoe Suri Marw Varsken Gugark Adhur Gushnasp Armenia Chihor-Vishnasp Armenia Golon Mihran Armenia...
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the Mamikonian princess Shushanik was murdered by her husband Prince Varsken, who was a convert to Zoroastrianism, and related to the Mihran family...
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and an eyewitness of her martyrdom at the hand of her spouse, bidaxae Varsken, Jacob compiled her life in his hagiographic novel the Martyrdom of the...
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prince Varsken, who was a convert to Zoroastrianism. The reason for her murder was because she refused to convert and wanted to stay Christian. Varsken was...
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had favoured Varsken, the viceroy (bidaxsh) of the Armeno-Iberian frontier region of Gugark. A member of the Mihranids of Gugark, Varsken was born a Christian...
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the latter a son named Dachi. An unnamed daughter, who was the wife of Varsken, Viceroy of Gugark and later Caucasian Albania. Also spelled "King of Kings...
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Gugark in the mid 5th-century. He died in 470 and was succeeded by his son Varsken. Toumanoff 1963, p. 262. Rapp 2014, p. 389. Rapp, Stephen H. (2014). The...
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an invasion by the King of Kings (shahanshah) Shapur II (r. 309–379). Varsken travelled to the Iranian court in 470, where he converted to Zoroastrianism...
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(394–400) Arshusha I (400–430) Bakur II (430–455) Arshusha II (455–470) Varsken (470–482) Arshusha III (482–540) Arshusha IV (540–608) Vahram-Arshusha...
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the Mamikonian princess Shushanik, was murdered by her husband Prince Varsken, who was a convert to Zoroastrianism, and was related to the Mihran family...
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Tammisha Tawwaj Vahan Mamikonian Vakhtang I of Iberia Valerian (emperor) Varsken Wahrez Yazdegerd I Yazdegerd II Zanjan Zoarab Index of Byzantine Empire–related...
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