Bahram III (also spelled Wahram III or Warahran III; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭, New Persian: بهرام سوم), was the sixth king (shah) of the Sasanian...

Bahram II (also spelled Wahram II or Warahran II; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭) was the fifth Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) of Iran, from 274 to...

I (r. 270–271), Bahram I (r. 271–274), and Bahram II (r. 274–293). During the brief reign of Bahram II's son and successor Bahram III, Kartir was amongst...

still viewed Bahram I as a usurper. The succession of Bahram I's son, Bahram II (r. 274–293) seemingly occurred without any issues. After Bahram II's death...

Bahram I (also spelled Wahram I or Warahran I; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭) was the fourth Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 271 to 274. He was the...

He was likely the son and successor of Shapur III (r. 383–388). Before his accession to the throne, Bahram served as governor of the southeastern province...

briefly its ruler as Bahram VI (r. 590–591). Son of general Bahram Gushnasp and hailing from the noble House of Mihran, Bahram began his career as the...

Bahram VII (Middle Persian: Wahrām) was the son of Yazdegerd III, the last Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire. After the death of his father at Merv in...

Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Officially...

Verethragna or Bahram (Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀‎, romanized: vər-ə-θraɣna) is a Zoroastrian deity. The neuter noun verethragna is related to Avestan...

Bahram V (also spelled Wahram V or Warahran V; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭), also known as Bahram Gur (New Persian: بهرام گور, "Bahram the onager [hunter]")...

The Third Dynasty of Ur or Ur III was a Sumerian dynasty based in the city of Ur in the 22nd and 21st centuries BC (middle chronology). For a short period...

Naqada III is the last phase of the Naqada culture of ancient Egyptian prehistory, dating from approximately 3200 to 3000 BC. It is the period during...

Kayanian ideology and history would continue until the end of the empire. Bahram V (r. 420–438), on some rare coins minted in Pars, used the title of kirbakkar...

Bahram-Shah (full name:Yamin ad-Dawlah wa Amin al-Milla Abul-Muzaffar Bahram-Shah) (1084 – 1157) was Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 25 February 1117...

Consistorium. King Bahram II of the Persian Empire dies after a 17-year reign; his son Bahram III ascends to the throne. After four months, Bahram III's great-uncle...

Mars. Bahram, one of the sons of Goudarz in Iranian mythology Sassanid kings: Bahrām I (r. 273–276) Bahrām II(r. 276–293) Bahrām III (r. 293) Bahrām IV (r...

Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. Some scholars date his reign from 26 March 1186 to...

Hormizd I Bahram I Bahram II Bahram III Narseh Hormizd II Adur Narseh Shapur II Ardashir II Shapur III Bahram IV Yazdegerd I Shapur IV Khosrow Bahram V Yazdegerd...

Consistorium. King Bahram II of the Persian Empire dies after a 17-year reign; his son Bahram III ascends to the throne. After four months, Bahram III's great-uncle...

dynasty Adab dynasty Mari dynasty Kish III dynasty Akshak dynasty Kish IV dynasty Uruk III dynasty Early Bronze Age III: c. 2700 – c. 2200 BC Akkadian period:...

accession of Bahram III to the throne of the Sasanian Empire in 293. His efforts eventually proved fruitless, as a few months later he and Bahram III were forced...

III Minaret (Manar-i Mas'ud III) and Bahram Shah Minaret (Manar-i Bahram Shah) after the ruler who built them, Mas'ud III (A.D. 1099–1115) and Bahram...

Neo-Babylonian Empire, a feat which the Assyrians under Tiglath-Pileser III (r. 745–727 BC) only accomplished after five years of protracted military...

after half a century of Persian rule, was ceded to Diocletian. Succeeding Bahram III (who ruled briefly in 293), Narseh embarked on another war with the Romans...

from 241 to 272 Hormizd I from 272 to 273. Bahram I from 273 to 276. Bahram II from 276 to 293. Bahram III year 293. Narseh from 293 to 302. Hormizd II...

Yazdegerd III. The Mikalids (9th–11th century), a family descended from the Sogdian ruler Divashtich, who was, in turn, a descendant of Bahram V Gur. The...

Hormizd I Bahram I Bahram II Bahram III Narseh Hormizd II Adur Narseh Shapur II Ardashir II Shapur III Bahram IV Yazdegerd I Shapur IV Khosrow Bahram V Yazdegerd...

Xinjiang, China. Shahnameh illustration of Bahram Chobin fighting Bagha Qaghan. Shahnameh illustration of Bahram Chobin and Bagha Qaghan fighting. Turkic...

which marked the beginning of the Isin-Larsa period. After the decline of Ur III, Amorite rulers gained power in a number of Mesopotamian city-states beginning...