__NOTOC__ Zarer (also spelled Zarir, Zariadres and Zareh) was a

Sasanian The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...

prince who attempted to seize the throne from his brother

Balash Balash (Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭧𐭱𐭩, ) was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 484 to 488. He was the brother and successor of Peroz I (), who had been defeated and killed by a Hephthalite army. Name ''Balāsh'' () is the N ...

() in 485. He only appears in the work of the contemporary

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

historian Ghazar Parpetsi. After the death of Peroz I (), Balash was elected as king by the nobility and clergy. Zarer, dissatisfied with the election, rebelled. Balash was thus forced to make peace with his enemy Vahan Mamikonian and sent him at the head of an army to suppress the rebellion of Zarer. Zarer was shortly defeated, and fled to the mountains, but was quickly captured and "shot down like an animal".

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Ancient works

* Ghazar Parpetsi, ''History of the Armenians''.

Modern works

* * * * * Sasanian princes 485 deaths 5th-century Iranian people Rebellions against the Sasanian Empire People executed by the Sasanian Empire Year of birth unknown {{Iran-royal-stub