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Mihranid
The Mihranids were an Iranian peoples, Iranian family which ruled several regions of Caucasus from 330 to 821. They claimed to be of Sasanian, Sasanian Persian descent but were of Parthian origin. History The dynasty was founded when a certain Mihran, a distant relative of Sasanian, settled in the region of Gardman in Utik. He was probably a member of a branch of the House of Mihran, Mihranid family which was listed among the Seven Great Houses of Iran, and whose two other lines ruled Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity), Iberia (Chosroid Dynasty) and Gogarene/Gugark. It is uncertain how the Mihranids became ''Arranshahs'' (princes of Albania). Their ancestor, Mihran, was said to have received the region of Gardman by the Sasanian monarch Khosrow II (). In , the Mihranids who exterminated all of the members of the Aranshahik dynasty with the exception of a certain Zarmihr, who was related to the Mihranids through marriage. This was due to the Aranshahiks still having some authority in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varsken
Varsken (Middle Persian: ''Vazgēn'') was an Iranian prince from the Mihranid family of Gugark, who served as the (margrave) of the region from 470 to 482. He was the son and successor of Arshusha II. Upon the death of his father, Varsken went to the Sasanian capital of Ctesiphon and was received by the Peroz I (), converting to the family's former religion, Zoroastrianism. As a reward for his conversion, he was given the viceroyalty of Caucasian Albania and a daughter of Peroz in marriage. Espousing his pro-Iranian position, Varsken attempted to force his family to convert to Zoroastrianism, including his first wife Shushanik, which eventually resulted in her martyrdom, dying from the violence inflicted by her husband. His policies were unacceptable to the Iberian king Vakhtang I (), who had him killed and then revolted against Iran in 482. Varsken was succeeded by Arshusha III. Biography Varsken was the son of Arshusha II, who was the (margrave) of Gugark, a hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javanshir
Juansher was the Mihranid prince of Caucasian Albania, ruling the principality from 637 to 669. He was the son and successor of Varaz Grigor (). During his reign, Juansher changed his allegiance thrice. He started out as a subject to the Sasanian Empire, under which he fought against the Arab-Islamic invasion of Iran (632–654). Realizing the impending downfall of the Sasanians, he withdrew to Albania, where he rebelled. Although he briefly lost control over the Albanian lowlands and its capital, Partaw, his guerrilla warfare forced the Sasanians to grant him more autonomy. Following the fall of the Sasanian Empire in 651, Juansher's father seemingly became the leader of Albania once more, due to his seniority. He took the safe route by acknowledging the suzerainty of the Rashidun Caliphate, but also instructed Juansher to establish contact with the Byzantine emperor Constans II () and offer his services. Juansher submitted to the Byzantines, but this was implemented in prac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahl Smbatean
Sahl Smbatean (, ; died after 855) was an Armenian prince of Arran and Shaki who played a considerable role in the history of the eastern Caucasus during the 9th century and was the ancestor of the House of Khachen established in 821. Name He is called Sahl-i Smbatean Eranshahik ('Sahl Aranshahik, son of Smbat') in the Armenian history of Movses Kaghankatvatsi. Arabic sources call him Sahl ibn Sunbat ('Sahl, son of Sunbat'), also spelled ''Sunbadh''. Vladimir Minorsky writes that ''Ibn Sunbat'' / ''Smbatean'' "may be his family name rather than a direct patronymic". ''Smbat'' is an Armenian name related to Persian ''Sinbad''. ''Sahl'' appears to be an Arabic name he adopted, not his true Christian name. In Michael the Syrian's chronicle, Sahl is called Isaac (''Sahak'' in Armenian), so Bagrat Ulubabyan concludes that ''Sahl'' is a corruption of ''Sahak''. Atrnerseh, identified by some scholars as Sahl's son, is called Adharnarse ibn Ishaq (i.e., son of Isaac) in Tabari's histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varaz-Tiridates I
Varaz Trdat, was the Mihranid king of Caucasian Albania from 670 to 705. Тревер К. В. Очерки по истории и культуре Кавказской Албании IV в. до н. э. — VII в. н. э.. — М.—Л.: Издательство Академии Наук СССР, 1959 He was kept as prisoner in Constantinople from 694 until 699. In his absence, his queen Sparama and regent prince Shero served as regents but became involved in conflict. Shero was imprisoned by Arabs when Trdat came back to throne. After his death, kingdom was abolished and the Mihranids stood as princes of Gardman Gardman (), also known as Gardmank' or Gardmanadzor, was one of the eight cantons of the ancient province of Utik' in the Kingdom of Armenia and simultaneously, together with the canton of Tuch'katak, an Armenian principality. It roughly corres .... References {{authority control 7th-century monarchs in Asia 8th-century monarchs in Asia 7th-century Iran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peroz (Mihranid)
Peroz (, "the Victor") was bidaxsh (vice-king) of Gogarene and Gardman, ruling from 330 to 361. He was the founder of the Mihranid dynasty, an offshoot of the House of Mihran, one of the seven Parthian clans. He was the son-in-law of Mirian III, a convert to Christianity, who belonged to the Chosroid dynasty, which was also an offshoot of the House of Mihran. Peroz eventually himself converted to Christianity during his rule in Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, comprising parts of Southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The Caucasus Mountains, i .... Peroz later died in 361, and was succeeded in Gardman by his son Khurs, and in Gogarene by an unnamed son, who was later succeeded in 394 by Bakur I. Sources * * * 4th-century Iranian people 4th-century monarchs in Asia 361 deaths Mihranids Year of birth unknown Zoroastrian mona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varaz-Tiridates II
Varaz-Trdat II was the last Mihranid king of Caucasian Albania from 800 to 812/822 and the son of the previous ruler Stephanos I. Life After the death of his father in 800, he becomes the new ruler of the Gardman region and the northern part of Caucasian Albania. He continued to rely on an alliance with the Khazar Khaganate, which controlled the Derbent region. In alliance with the Khazars and Armenian princes he opposed the Caliphate. Movses Kaghankatvatsi in the History of the Caucasian Albanians reports that he was killed and describes the incident: "In the same year the lord Narseh P'ifippean slew Varaz-Trdat and slaughtered his son on his mother's breast, stealing all his possessions. This Varaz-Trdat was of the Mihrakan family which inherited Albania from father to son. He was the eighth ruler after Varaz-Grigor, the first prince of Albania". Varaz-Tiridates’ widow, however, succeeded in fleeing to Artsalkh with her daughter Sparama and there arranged a marriage b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varaz Grigor
Varaz Grigor () was the first known Mihranid king of Caucasian Albania from 628 until at least 654. The last holder of the title was Vachagan III. Before reign Although mentioned in '' The History of the Country of Albania'' numerously, almost nothing prior to his reign is known. He was son of Vard II, the Prince of Gardman and had a sister called Shushik. He succeeded his father before his accession to the throne of Albania in 628. Like other Gardman rulers, he was of the Mihranid stock and according to Movses Kaghankatvatsi he was baptized by Catholicos Viro. Cyril Toumanoff believes that it was simply a rebaptism from monophysite doctrine to Chalcedonian doctrine. According to Constantin Zuckerman, however, his Zoroastrian name may have been Gadvšnasp prior to his conversion to Christianity, and he used the opportunity to become the ruler of the kingdom. Reign He rose to prominence during Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, gaining the trust of Byzantine emperor Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arran (Republic Of Azerbaijan)
Caucasian Albania is a modern exonym for a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus, mostly in what is now Azerbaijan (where both of its capitals were located). The modern endonyms for the area are ''Aghwank'' and ''Aluank'', among the Udi people, who regard themselves as descended from the inhabitants of Caucasian Albania. However, its original endonym is unknown. The name Albania is derived from the Ancient Greek name and Latin , created from Greek sources that incorrectly translated the Armenian language. The prefix "Caucasian" is used to avoid confusion with Albania in the Balkans, which has no geographical or historical connections to Caucasian Albania. Little is known of the region's prehistory, including the origins of Caucasian Albania as a geographical and/or ethnolinguistic concept. In the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD, the area south of the Greater Caucasus and north of the Lesser Caucasus was divided between Caucasian Albania in the east, Cauca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chosroid Dynasty
The Chosroid dynasty (a Latinization of ''Khosro anni'', ka, ხოსრო ����ანები), also known as the Iberian Mihranids, were a dynasty of kings and later presiding princes of the early Georgian state of Iberia from the 4th to the 9th centuries. The family, of Iranian Mihranid origin, accepted Christianity as their official religion (or 319/326), and maneuvered between the Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Iran to retain a degree of independence. After the abolition of the Iberian kingship by the Sassanids c. 580, the dynasty survived in its two closely related, but sometimes competing princely branches—the elder Chosroid and the younger Guaramid—down to the early ninth century when they were succeeded by the Georgian Bagratids on the throne of Iberia. Origins The Chosroids were a branch of the Mihranid princely family, one of the Seven Great Houses of Iran, who were distantly related to the Sasanians, and whose two other branches were soon placed on the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Mihran
The House of Mihrān or House of Mehrān (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭨𐭥𐭠𐭭; New Persian: ), was a leading Iranian noble family (''šahrdārān''), one of the Seven Great Houses of the Sasanian İranian Empire which claimed descent from the earlier Arsacid dynasty. A branch of the family formed the Mihranid line of the kings of Caucasian Albania and the Chosroid Dynasty of Kartli. History First mentioned in a mid-3rd-century CE trilingual inscription at the '' Ka'ba-i Zartosht'', concerning the political, military, and religious activities of Shapur I, the second Sassanid king of Iran, the family remained the hereditary "margrave Margrave was originally the Middle Ages, medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or a monarchy, kingdom. That position became hereditary in certain Feudal ...s" of Ray throughout the Sassanid period. Several members of the family served as general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arshusha II
Arshusha II was the Mihranid (margrave) of Gugark Gugark (, , ) was the 13th province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia. It now comprises parts of northern Armenia, northeast Turkey, and southwest Georgia. Etymology Etymologically, Gugark in Armenian language denotes land of Gugars. word ... in the mid 5th-century. He died in 470 and was succeeded by his son Varsken. References Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arshusha 02 470 deaths Year of birth unknown 5th-century Iranian people Mihranids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gugark
Gugark (, , ) was the 13th province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia. It now comprises parts of northern Armenia, northeast Turkey, and southwest Georgia. Etymology Etymologically, Gugark in Armenian language denotes land of Gugars. word "Gugar" being a root and suffix -k meaning "land of". Strabo clearly wrote Gugars were Iberians and land of Iberians that was annexed by Seleucids during their northern expansion. Strabo made clear Armenia was a small country before and expanded and took Iberian territory. History In ancient Urartian inscriptions dating to 785 BC, the territory of Gugark is referred to as Zabaha, which is known today as Javakheti (Javakhk in Armenian). In the beginning of IV century BC, (302BC) the territory was under Caucasian Iberia, but during Artaxias I's reign it was conquered. During the reign of the Artaxiad and Arshakuni kings of Armenia, Gugark was ruled by one of the kingdom's four '' bdeashkhs''. The ''bdeashkh'' of Gugark was responsible f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
