P'arsman IV ( ka, ფარსმან IV, sometimes Latinized as ''Pharasmanes''), of the

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, was the king of

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(

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, eastern

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) from 406 to 409. According to the medieval Georgian chronicles, he was the son of King Varaz-Bakur II and the daughter of

Trdat of Iberia Tiridates (Parthian language, Parthian: 𐭕𐭉𐭓𐭉𐭃𐭕, Tīridāt, xcl, wikt:Տրդատ, Տրդատ, ''Trdat'') is a word of Iranian languages, Iranian origin (“given by the god Tishtrya, Tir”). It may refer to: Parthia * Tiridates I ...

. Characterized as a pious monarch and an exceptional warrior, he is reported to have rebelled against the

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hegemony and have withheld paying tribute to the

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. He is also credited with the construction of

Bolnisi Bolnisi ( ka, ბოლნისი, az, Qəmərli), is a city in the country of Georgia, located in the Kvemo Kartli region and capital of the Bolnisi district. It currently has an estimated 13,800 inhabitants. History Bolnisi was settled ...

. Rapp, Stephen H. (2003), ''Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts'', p. 316. Peeters Bvba . P’arsman is identified by some scholars with the Pharasmanes of the

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''Vita Petri Iberi'' who was a brother of Osdukhtia, the paternal grandmother of

Peter the Iberian Peter the Iberian ( ka, პეტრე იბერი, tr) (c. 417-491) was a Georgian royal prince, theologian and philosopher who was a prominent figure in early Christianity and one of the founders of Christian Neoplatonism. Some have claimed ...

, a well-known Georgian theologian and one of the leaders of anti-

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movement in the

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. Pharasmanes enjoyed a leading position at the Roman court and held the rank of a ''

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'' under

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until being accused of committing adultery with the empress Eudoxia. He escaped back to Iberia where he became king and encouraged the

White Huns The "White Huns", also known as the White Hunas, in Iranian as the ''Spet Xyon'' and in Sanskrit as the ''Sveta-huna'', were a sub-group of the Huna and/or Xionites. The White Huns are sometimes regarded as synonymous with the Hephthalites, but may ...

to attack the Roman frontiers. He was succeeded by his brother, Mihrdat.Martindale, John Robert (1992), ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'', p. 872.

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