Iran
There are 1733 items in Iran:
Hormizd V
Hormizd V: king of Persia, ruling in c.593 CE, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds: Name: Hormizd V Reign: Rebellion during the first regnal years of Khusrau II the Victorious General Literature on Sasanian Persia Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia. The Rise and Fall of an…Hormizd VI
Hormizd VI: king of Persia, ruling from 630 to 632, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds: Name: Hormizd VI The Sasanian king Khusrau II fought a long war against the Byzantines, but was defeated by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius. In 628, Khusrau was replaced…Hydarnes (1)
Hydarnes (Old Persian Vidarna): Persian nobleman, one of the seven conspirators who killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta, helped Darius I the Great become king of the Achaemenid empire and was rewarded with the satrapy of Media. …Hyrcania
Hyrcana (Old Persian Varkâna, "country of wolves"; Akkadian Urqananu): part of the ancient Achaemenid empire, on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, now called Gorgan. …
Hyrcania, Terraces |
Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles |
Hystaspes (2)
Hystaspes (OP. Vištâspa): name of several noble Persians and Bactrians. One of them is the father of king Darius I the Great, who is mentioned in several Persian and Greek texts. …
Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, A man from Sindhu, carrying gold |
Inscription DSaa
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.DSaa, inscription on a slab of stone [This text from Susa is a Babylonian, abridged variant of DSf on…Intaphrenes
Intaphrenes (Old Persian Vindafranâ): Persian courtier and general. Intaphrenes was one of the seven conspirators who killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta and helped Darius I the Great become king (September 522 BCE). …
Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals |
Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads |