Bahrām ( fa, بهرام) is a male given name. Other variants Behram, Bahran, Vahran, and Vahram ( uz, Баҳром, Bahrom and

Tajik Tajik, Tadjik, Tadzhik or Tajikistani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Tajikistan * Tajiks, an ethnic group in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan * Tajik language, the official language of Tajikistan * Tajik (surname) * Tajik cu ...

: Баҳром, Bahrom) The older form is

Vahrām Verethragna ( ae, 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀‎ ') is an Indo-Iranians, Indo-Iranian deity. The neuter noun ''verethragna'' is related to Avestan ''verethra'', 'obstacle' and ''verethragnan'', 'victorious'. Representing this concep ...

( pal, 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭, in la, Varrames), also spelled Wahrām, literally meaning "smiting of resistance" or "victorious". It is name of several prominent figures in pre-Islamic Persia. In the Pahlavi language (Middle Persian), Bahram is another name of the

Zoroastrian Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic on ...

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Verethragna Verethragna ( ae, 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀‎ ') is an Indo-Iranian deity. The neuter noun ''verethragna'' is related to Avestan ''verethra'', 'obstacle' and ''verethragnan'', 'victorious'. Representing this concept is the divin ...

Avestan language Avestan (), or historically Zend, is an umbrella term for two Old Iranian languages: Old Avestan (spoken in the 2nd millennium BCE) and Younger Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium BCE). They are known only from their conjoined use as the scrip ...

, that is the hypostasis of victory and represents the planet

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...

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* One of the Sassanid kings by that name: ** Bahrām I, ''r.'' 273-276 ** Bahrām II, ''r.'' 276-293 ** Bahrām III, ''r.'' 293 **

Ardashir II Ardashir II ( pal, 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥, Ardašīr), was the Sasanian King of Kings () of Iran from 379 to 383. He was the brother of his predecessor, Shapur II (), under whom he had served as vassal king of Adiabene, where he fought along ...

, ''r.'' 379–383, who also went by the name 'Ardashir Vahram' ** Bahrām IV, ''r.'' 388–399 ** Bahrām V Gōr, ''r.'' 421–438 (often known as Bahram Gur) ** Bahrām VI Čōbīn, ''r.'' 590-591 ** Bahram VII *

Bahram Khan Bahram Khan was the governor of Sonargaon, East Bengal (now Bangladesh), from 1328 until 1337. He was a general of Delhi Sultanate. He was also appointed the governor of Satgaon during 1324–1328. Sonargaon ruler Khan contributed to th ...

, 14th-century governor based in Bengal *

Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan ( bn, দৌলত উজির বাহরাম খান, Doulot Uzir Bahram Khan), born as Asaduddin, was a 16th-century medieval Bengali poet and the Wazir of Chittagong in southeastern Bengal. He is best known for ...

, 16th-century Bengali poet and Vizier of Chittagong * Armenian king Gushnasp Vahram, ''r.'' 509/514-518 *

Vahram Pahlavouni Vahram Pahlavouni (965–1046) was an Armenian army commander (sparapet) and Prince of Bjni and Nik in Bagratuni Armenia. He was the head of the noble family of Pahlavouni, who held the hereditary title of sparapet in the Bagratuni kingdom of Ani. ...

an Armenian army commander *

Bahram ibn Shahriyar Bahram ibn Shahriyar (Persian: بهرام بن شهریار), was an Iranian prince from the Bavand dynasty. Biography Bahram was the son of Shahriyar IV, and had three brothers named Qarin III, Yazdagird, and Ali I. In 1118, Ali I ascended th ...

, Bavandid prince * Muiz ud din Bahram, the sixth sultan of Delhi *

Bahram Nouraei Bahram Nouraei (Persian: بهرام نورائی ) also professionally known as Bahram (Persian: بهرام) is a hip hop recording artist and record producer from Tehran, Iran currently living in Stockholm, Sweden. He is one of the premier hip ...

, Iranian Hip Hop Artist

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Bahram (Shahnameh) Bahram is an Iranian hero in Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran. He is son of Goudarz and brother of Rohham, Giv and Hojir. In the story of Siavash, he and Zange-ye Shavaran are Siavash's counselors. They unsuccessfully try to convince ...

, a heroic character in ''Shahnameh'', the national epic of Greater Iran * Bahram (horse), the 1935 Triple Crown Champion of British Thoroughbred Racing *

Bahram, Iran (disambiguation) Bahram ( fa, بهرام) in Iran may refer to: * Bahram Nouraei, Iranian musician * Bahram, East Azerbaijan * Bahram, Heris, East Azerbaijan Province * Bahram, Kurdistan * Bahram, Lorestan * Bahram, West Azerbaijan {{geodis ...

Bihram In Mandaeism, Bihram ( myz, ࡁࡉࡄࡓࡀࡌ) or Bihram Rabba ( myz, ࡁࡉࡄࡓࡀࡌ ࡓࡁࡀ, "Bihram the Great") is an uthra (angel or guardian) who presides over the ''masbuta'', or baptism ritual. Bihram is mentioned in Mandaean texts su ...

, a Mandaean celestial being and given name * The Persian language name for the planet

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