Arvand Gushnasp was an

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

nobleman, who briefly served as the ''

marzban Marzbān, or Marzpān (Middle Persian transliteration: mrzwpn, derived from ''marz'' "border, boundary" and the suffix ''-pān'' "guardian"; Modern Persian: ''Marzbān'') were a class of margraves, warden of the marches, and by extension militar ...

'' (governor) of

Sasanian Iberia Sasanian Iberia ( ka, სასანური ქართლი, tr; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭, ''wirōzān/wiruzān/wiručān'') refers to the period the Kingdom of Iberia (Kartli, eastern Georgia) was under the suzerainty of t ...

from 540 to 541. He was headquartered in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

, and was succeeded as ''marzban'' by

Vezhan Buzmihr Vezhan Buzmihr (or Burzmihr, in Georgian sources as Buzmir) was an Iranian nobleman who served as the ''marzban'' of Sasanian Iberia. He was headquartered in Tbilisi and was succeeded as ''marzban'' by Arvand Gushnasp Arvand Gushnasp was an Iranian ...

. According to the modern historian

Stephen H. Rapp Jr Stephen H. Rapp Jr is an American professor and scholar of history, with a focus and primary research investigating the Roman Empire, ancient Iran, Armenia and Georgia. He is a professor of history at Sam Houston State University. Education and ...

, Arvand Gushnasp may well have been a member of the

Mihranid The Mihranids were an Iranian family which ruled several regions of Caucasus from 330 to 821. They claimed to be of Sasanian Persian descent but were of Parthian origin. History The dynasty was founded when a certain Mihran, a distant relative o ...

clan, thus perhaps being a Parthian prince by origin, although "one who had come from Iran directly".

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* * 6th-century deaths 6th-century Iranian people Sasanian governors of Iberia Year of birth unknown Generals of Khosrow I {{Sasanian-bio-stub