Mihran-i Hamadani, known in

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sources as Mihran ibn Mihrbundadh, was a

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military officer from the Mihran family. He was the son of a certain Mihrbandad (also known as Mihrbundadh), who is mentioned in some lines in a poem. In 633, Mihran was sent on expedition against the invading Muslim Arabs as the commander of a Sasanian army, which included several officers such as

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, Azadbeh Banegan,

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, and a certain Shahrvaraz, who was related to the prominent Sasanian general and briefly king,

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. This army fought against the Arabs at

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. Although the brother of the

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general

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, Mas'ud ibn Haritha, was killed, the battle resulted in a defeat for the Sasanians, and resulted in the death of MihranParvaneh Pourshariati, ''Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire'', (I.B.Tauris, 2008), 219. and Shahrvaraz.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamadani, Mihran-i Generals of Yazdegerd III Year of birth unknown 633 deaths Military personnel killed in action House of Mihran People from Hamadan 7th-century Iranian people