Baydad
| Baydad | |
|---|---|
_Early_3rd_century_BC.jpg) Coin of Baydad, Persepolis mint. The reverse shows Baydad enthroned, whilst the front shows a portrait of him. | |
| Frataraka of Persis | |
| Reign | 164 – 146 BC |
| Predecessor | Wahbarz |
| Successor | Wadfradad I |
| Died | 146 BC |
| Religion | Zoroastrianism |
Baydad (also spelled Bagdates), was a dynast (frataraka) of Persis from 164 to 146 BC.[1][2]
Background
Since the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 2nd century BCE, Persis had been ruled by local dynasts subject to the
Chronology of the frataraka
The traditional view of the chronology of the frataraka dynasts was originally; Baydad, Ardakhshir I, Wahbarz, Wadfradad I and Wadfradad II.[5] However, recent findings of Persis coins have led to more a likely chronology; Ardakhshir I, Wahbarz, Wadfradad I, Baydad and Wadfradad II.[5][6]
Rule
On the reverse of his coins, Bagadates is depicted standing in front of a Zoroastrian fire-altar, or seated in majesty holding a staff of authority and possibly a pomegranate in his left hand (illustration, left).
In his coinage, Bagadates has his portrait on the obverse, wearing the satrapal headdress and the Hellenistic diadem. On the reverse, he is either shown enthroned, or making his devotions to a fire temple. The weight standard of the coins is the
References
- ^ Shayegan 2011, p. 168.
- ^ Wiesehöfer 2013, p. 723.
- ^ Wiesehöfer 2009.
- ^ a b c d Wiesehöfer 2000, p. 195.
- ^ a b Shayegan 2011, p. 168 (note #521).
- ^ Wiesehöfer 2013, p. 722.
- ^ ISBN 9788772883229.
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- Shayegan, M. Rahim (2011). Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–539. ISBN 9780521766418.
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- Wiesehöfer, Josef (2000). "Frataraka". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 2. p. 195.
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