Iran

There are 1733 items in Iran:

Artaxerxes IV Arses

Artaxerxes IV (Old-Persian Artakhšaça): name of a Achaemenid king of the Persian empire, ruled 338-336. His real name was Arses.Arses was a son of the Persian king Artaxerxes III Ochus (358-338), and succeeded his father. According to a Greek source,…

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Artystone

Artystone (Elamite Irtašduna) was the daughter of the Persian king Cyrus the Great (559-530 BCE) and a wife of king Darius I the Great (522-486). …

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Aryandes

Aryandes: Persian nobleman, after 525 first satrap of Egypt. He died after 512. Persian nobleman; statue from Egypt In 526 BCE, pharaoh…

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Aryans

Aryans: name of the ancestors of the Persian elite of the Achaemenid Empire. (Not to be confused with Arians.) The name…

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Aspathines

Aspathines (Old Persian Aspaçânâ): name of a courtier of the Persian king Darius I the Great (522-486 BCE).  Aspathines, as shown…

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ššina

ššina: son of Upadarma, rebel leader from Elam, who rose against the Persian king Darius I the Great. ššina ššina's revolt took…

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Astyages

Astyages (Akkadian Ištumegu): last king of Media, son of king Cyaxares, dethroned 550 BCE. Two Medes Most information on Astyages can be found…

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Atamaita

Atamaita: king of Elam in the autumn of 521 BCE.Behistun inscription mentions three rebel leaders who were recognized as kings in Elam after Darius I the Great had killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta and seized the Persian throne. The first…

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