 Nevertheless, it would seem that Balash was only a nominee of the powerful nobleman and "de facto" ruler Sukhra.At the announcement of the death of Peroz, the Iranian nobles of Sasanian Armenia, including the prominent nobleman Shapur Mihran, had become eager to go to the Sasanian capital of Ctesiphon to elect a new sovereign.This had allowed the Armenians under Vahan Mamikonian to proclaim from the Sasanians.