Ashtat Yeztayar was an Iranian military officer under what last great king of the Sasanian Empire, reigning from 590 to 628?
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Ashtat Yeztayar Ashtat Yeztayar was an Iranian military officer under the Sasanian king Khosrow II (r. 590–628).
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Khosrow II Khosrow II (Chosroes II in classical sources; Middle Persian: "Husrō(y)"), entitled "Aparvēz" ("The Victorious"), also Khusraw Parvēz (New Persian: خسرو پرویز ), was the last great king of the Sasanian Empire, reigning from 590 to 628.
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Orontes I Yervand I (classical Armenian: Երուանդ Ա, Yervand I) Armenian was a King of the Orontid Dynasty who reigned during the period between 401 BC – 344 BC. The Persian version of the name is Auruand which meant "Great Warrior" in the Avestan language. It is likely this was a special title given by the Persian king to a chosen Armenian man, though this seems to have become a hereditary title in that family.
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Khosrow III Khosrow III (629) was Sasanian rival king who briefly ruled in Khorasan during the reign of the Mihranid general Shahrbaraz who took control of the Sasanian Empire after having besieged Ctesiphon. He was a nephew of Khosrow II. After a short reign, Khosrow, was assassinated by the governor of the province.
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Khosrow IV Khosrow IV was a Sasanian usurper who ruled briefly in 631. Little is known about his rule, he appears to have ruled during a time of upheaval and chaos across the Sasanian Empire the 7th century has the century where Iran has plunged into its "dark ages". He was the son of Mah-Adhur Gushnasp, who was the minister of the Sasanian Empire during the reign of Ardashir III, and Kahar-dukht, the daughter of Yazdandar, who was the son of Khosrau I. His rule seems to coincide with other pretenders such as Hormizd VI so it is likely that he ruled a district or province rather than the Empire in its entirety. He was killed after a few days of reign.
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Shapur I Shapur I (Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 ; <a href="New%20Persian">New Persianاپور ), also known as Shapur I the Great, was the second "<a href="shahanshah">shahanshah</a>" (king of kings) of the <a href="Sasanian%20Empire">Sasanian Empire</a>. The dates of his reign are commonly given as 240/42 – 270/72, but it is likely that he also reigned as co-regent (together with his father) prior to his father's death in 242 (more probably than 240).
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Ashur-uballit II Ashur-uballit II "(Aššur-uballiṭ II)" was the last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, succeeding Sin-shar-ishkun (623–612 BC). He took his name from Ashur-uballit I, the Assyrian king who had overthrown Mitanni Empire and defeated the Hittite Empire, and started the Middle Assyrian Empire (1365 BC–1020 BC). While it is clear that he was a member of the Assyrian royal family, and that he was a "tartan" (General) of the Assyrian army before declaring himself king, there is some disagreement as to whether or not he was the brother of Sin-shar-ishkun.
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Khosrov IV of Armenia Khosrov IV (Armenian: Խոսրով ), was a Prince who served as a Sassanid King of Arsacid Armenia, which flourished during the second half of the 4th century & first half of the 5th century, from 387 until 389.
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Bahram-i Mah Adhar Bahram-i Mah Adhar, or more correctly known as Wahram-i Adurmah, was a 6th-century Iranian aristocrat who served as army chief ("spahbed") of the Sasanian southern region of Nemroz under Khosrau I (r. 531 - 579) and Hormizd IV (r. 579-590).
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Mazdak Mazdak (Middle Persian: ) (died c. 524 or 528) (also Mazdak the Younger) was a Zoroastrian "mobad" (priest), Iranian reformer, prophet and religious activist who gained influence during the reign of the Sasanian emperor Kavadh I. He claimed to be a prophet of Ahura Mazda and instituted communal possessions and social welfare programs. He has been seen as a proto-socialist.
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Sanabares Sanabares (135-160 CE) was an Indo-Parthian king. He was the last Indo-Parthian king to rule in both Sakastan (Seistan) and Turan (South Arachosia), as the Kushans under Wima Kadphises made inroads into Indo-Parthian territory.
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Mah-Adhur Gushnasp Mah-Adhur Gushnasp, also known by the Arabicized form of Mahadharjushnas, was an Iranian nobleman who served as the "wuzurg framadār" (vizier or prime minister) of the Sasanian Empire during the reign of the child ruler Ardashir III (r. 628–629).
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Nabonidus Nabonidus ( ; Akkadian: 𒁹𒀭𒀝𒉎𒌇 Nabû-naʾid , "<a href="Nabu">Nabu</a> is praised") was the <a href="List%20of%20Kings%20of%20Babylon">last king</a> of the <a href="Neo-Babylonian%20Empire">Neo-Babylonian Empire</a>, reigning from 556–539 BC.
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Bagrat VII of Kartli Bagrat Khan also known as Bagrat VII (Georgian: ბაგრატ VII ) (1569–1619), was King of Kartli, eastern Georgia, effectively serving as a khan for the Persian shah Abbas I from 1615/1616 to 1619.
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Artasyrus Artasyrus or Ardashir was recorded as being the Satrap of Armenia during the reign of king Artaxerxes II. Referred to as the "King's Eye", Artasyrus was of Bactrian origin. His more "well known" son, Orontes, who was therefore sometimes referred to as "Orontes the Bactrian", served as the Satrap of Sophene and Matiene (Mitanni) during the reign of Artaxerxes II. There appears to be confusion in the historical records as to whether Artasyrus and Artaxerxes II were the same person. The daughter of Artaxerxes II, Rhodogune, was the wife of the satrap Orontes I. It is to be noted that there are few English language sources to fully explain who he was, when he was born or died.
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Ahmad Shirazi Khwaja Abu Nasr Ahmad (Persian: خواجه ابو نصر احمد‎ ‎ ), better known as Ahmad Shirazi (احمد شیرازی ), also known as Ahmad(-e) Abd al-Samad (احمد الکترونیکی عبد صمد ), was a Persian "vizier" of the Ghaznavid Sultan Mas'ud I and the latter's son Mawdud from 1032 to 1043. He was the son of the Samanid secretary Abu Tahir Shirazi, and had a son named Abd al-Hamid Shirazi, who would also later serve as "vizier".
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Darius II Darius II (Old Persian: "Dārayavahuš"), was king of the Persian Empire from 423 BC to 404 or 405 BC.
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Spahbed Spāhbed (Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧𐭯𐭲</a> ; also spelled spahbod and spahbad, early form spāhpat) is a Middle Persian title meaning "army chief" used chiefly in the <a href="Sasanian%20Empire">Sasanian Empire Originally there was a single "spāhbed", called the "Ērān-spāhbed", who functioned as the generalissimo of the Sasanian army. From the time of Khosrow I (r. 531–579) on, the office was split in four, with a "spāhbed" for each of the cardinal directions. After the Muslim conquest of Persia, the "spāhbed" of the East managed to retain his authority over the inaccessible mountainous region of Tabaristan on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, where the title, often in its Islamic form ispahbadh (Persian: اسپهبذ‎ ‎ ; in Arabic: اصبهبذ‎ ‎ "işbahbadh"), survived as a regnal title until the Mongol conquests of the 13th century. An equivalent title of Persian origin, "ispahsālār", gained great currency across the Muslim world in the 10th–15th centuries.
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Second Perso-Turkic War The Second Perso-Turkic War began in 606/607 with an invasion of Sassanid Persia by the Göktürks and Hephthalites. The war ended in 608 with the defeat of the Turks and Hephthalites by the Sasanians under the Armenian general Smbat IV Bagratuni.
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Hormuzan Hormuzan (Middle Persian: Hormazdān, New Persian: هرمزان ) was an Iranian aristocrat who served as the governor of Khuzestan, and was one of the Sasanian military officers at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah. He was later taken prisoner by the Muslims after the fall of Shushtar in 642. Two years later, he was accused of the assassination of the Rashidun caliph Umar, and was killed by 'Ubaid-Allah, the deceased caliph's son.
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Masmughan Masmughan ("Chief Magian" or "Great one of the Magians") was a Sasanian title that existed in the 7th century, probably equivalent to governor of a district or a region.
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Mohammad-Hosayn Ayrom Mohammad Hosayn Ayrom (Persian: سرلشگر محمدحسین آیرم‎ ‎ ) was a senior military leader of the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran during the reign of king Reza Shah (r. 1925-41). He was the nephew of General Teymūr Khan Ayromlou and a first cousin of Queen Tadj ol-Molouk Ayromlou. Only some members of the Ayrums family spelled their surname "Ayromlou" with the added suffix "lou".