Shapur Mihran (Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 𐭬𐭲𐭥), known in Armenian sources as Shapuh Mihran (Armenian: Շապուհ Միհրան), was a Sasanian nobleman from...
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a title equivalent to General. Notable generals from the Mihran clan included: Shapur Mihran, who served as the marzban of Persian Armenia briefly in...
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actions against the Sasanians, while Shapur Mihran managed to regain control of Armenia. However, Shapur Mihran was shortly ordered to return to the Sasanian...
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being able to act as king-makers. The magnates—most notably Sukhra and Shapur Mihran—elected Peroz's brother, Balash, as the new shahanshah. Order would...
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Mesrobian Mihran Harutyunyan Mihran-i Hamadani Mihran Bahram-i Chobin Shapur Mihran Golon Mihran Raham Mihran Mihran Mesrobian House Mihran Halt railway...
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the Iranian magnates, most notably Sukhra and the Mihranid general Shapur Mihran. Balash (484–488) was a mild and generous monarch, and showed care towards...
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Shapur Mihran, a 5th-century Iranian noble from the House of Mihran, who served as the marzban (governor) of Persian Armenia briefly in 482. Shapur of Ray...
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treasurer; Shapur served as the commander of the army; Arshtat Mihran served as the secretary; Zik served as the "master of ceremonies". Under Shapur, the Iranian...
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the Iranian magnates, most notably Sukhra and the Mihranid general Shapur Mihran. Immediately after ascending the throne, Balash sought peace with the...
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Shapur of Ray was a Sasanian military officer from the Mihran family. The city Ray in his name was the seat of the Mihran family. According to Abu Hanifa...
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Raham Mihran was a powerful Iranian military officer from the House of Mihran. He is first mentioned during the Sasanian dynastic struggle of 457-459...
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Bahram Chobin (category House of Mihran)
rebelling against Khosrow II. Bahram had three sons: Shapur, Mihran Bahram-i Chobin and Noshrad. Shapur continued to oppose the Sasanians and later joined...
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Mihran Bahram-i Chubin was an Iranian nobleman from the House of Mihran. He was the son of Bahram Chobin, the famous Sasanian spahbed and briefly shahanshah...
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the Iranian magnates, most notably Sukhra and the Mihranid general Shapur Mihran. However, Balash proved unpopular among the nobility and clergy who...
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Shapur Mihran was returning to Ctesiphon, allowing the Armenians regain control of the Arax river during winter. In the spring of 484, Shapur Mihran returned...
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sent an army under Shapur Mihran, which defeated the Armenian rebels, killing Sahak. Vahan then fled to the mountains, while Shapur regained control of...
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Shahrbaraz (category House of Mihran)
Rūmīzān, Rumbūzān (al-Tabari, Tarikh). Shahrbaraz belonged to the House of Mihran, one of the Seven Parthian clans; he was the son of a certain Ardashir....
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famed military commander of Hormizd IV (r. 579–590), was from the House of Mihran. The seven houses with their respective main fiefs and ruling-family seats...
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Shapur-i Shahrvaraz (Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩𐭩 𐭧𐭱𐭨𐭥𐭥𐭥𐭰, meaning "Shapur, son of Shahrvaraz"), also known as Shapur V, was Sasanian king (shah)...
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Bagratuni Armenia Shahraplakan Armenia Shapur Mihran Armenia Smbat IV Bagratuni Armenia Tamkhosrau Armenia Tan-Shapur Armenia Varaz Vzur Armenia Varazdat...
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Izad Gushnasp (category House of Mihran)
Zarmihr shortly delivered the Armenian captives to another general named Shapur Mihran, who delivered them to Izad Gushnasp at Bolberd. After this event, Izad...
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refer to: Shapur of Rey, also known as Sabur al-Razi, Sasanian military officer from the Mihran family, Marzban of Persian Armenia 483–4 Mihran Razi (died...
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the Iranian magnates, most notably Sukhra and the Mihranid general Shapur Mihran. However, Balash proved unpopular among the nobility and clergy who...
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he gave is not to be taken literally. In 590, a member of the House of Mihran, Bahram Chobin repelled the newly ascended Sasanian ruler Khosrow II from...
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one of the seven great houses of the Sasanian Empire. Like the House of Mihran, their seat laid at Ray, which made the German scholar Theodor Nöldeke suggest...
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Merena (category Generals of Shapur II)
Sasanian king (shah) Shapur II (r. 309–379). According to the Iranologist Touraj Daryaee, Merena's real name may have been Mihrān, thus making him a member...
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seized its capital and killed its ruler, Shadh-Shapur. During the reign of Ardashir's son and successor Shapur I (r. 240-270), a certain Varzin was appointed...
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ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3. Shapur Shahbazi, A. (1986). "ARDAŠĪR III". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 4 April 2014. Shapur Shahbazi, A. (2005)...
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After hearing about the execution, Peroz I sent an army under commander Shapur Mihran to punish Vakhtang for intervening. However, Vakhtang was joined by...
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referred to as Hindustān in the Naqsh-e-Rustam inscription of Sassanid emperor Shapur I in c. 262 CE. Emperor Babur of the Mughal Empire said, "On the East, the...
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