Upon the death of his father, Varsken went to the Sasanian capital of Ctesiphon and was received by the shahanshah Peroz I (r. 459–484), converting to the...
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married the Mihranid ruler (pitiakhsh) Varsken, son of Arshusha II. Varsken was a defiant vassal of Vakhtang I Gorgasali, King of Kartli (Iberia), and...
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Prince Varsken, a recent convert to Zoroastrianism, because she refused to convert and wanted to stay Christian. Varsken was then executed by Vakhtang I, king...
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eventually killed, which made her a martyr. Varsken's policies were unacceptable to the Iberian king Vakhtang I (r. 447/49–502/22), who had him killed and...
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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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Shapur Mihran (category Generals of Peroz I)
and wanted to stay Christian. Varsken, because of his actions, was in 482 executed by Vakhtang I, king of Iberia. Peroz I sent an army to punish Vakhtang...
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BC, (302BC) the territory was under Caucasian Iberia, but during Artaxias I's reign it was conquered. During the reign of the Artaxiad and Arshakuni kings...
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Zarmihr Hazarwuxt (category Generals of Peroz I)
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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border province of the Parthian or Sasanian Empire. According to Shahrestaniha i Eranshahr, cited in: http://journal.soia.org.ir/download/18_4f07d18c8113847aa683b262b30656e9...
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(330–361) Unknown (361–394) Bakur I (394–400) Arshusha I (400–430) Bakur II (430–455) Arshusha II (455–470) Varsken (470–482) Arshusha III (482–540) Arshusha...
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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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Index of Sasanian Empire–related articles (section I)
of Tammisha Tawwaj Vahan Mamikonian Vakhtang I of Iberia Valerian (emperor) Varsken Wahrez Yazdegerd I Yazdegerd II Zanjan Zoarab Index of Byzantine...
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wanted to stay Christian. Varsken, because of his actions was in 482 executed by Vakhtang I, king of Iberia. The Sasanian shah Peroz I shortly sent an army...
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the wife of Vakhtang I, the ruler of Iberia. She bore the latter a son named Dachi. An unnamed daughter, who was the wife of Varsken, Viceroy of Gugark...
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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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