Faghanish
Faghanish | |
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Hephthalite king | |
Reign | 560 - ??? |
Predecessor | Ghadfar |
Successor | Unknown |
Faghanish was a Hephthalite prince, who was the ruler of Chaghaniyan in the mid-6th century. Originally a subordinate of the Hephthalite king, he became a vassal of the Sasanian Empire in c. 560 after the Hephthalite Empire was broken into several minor kingdoms when they suffered a crushing defeat to a combined Sasanian-Turkic army at Gol-Zarriun.
Biography
Faghanish was a descendant of the powerful Hephthalite king
This was much to the dislike of the Sasanian shah Khosrow I Anushirvan (r. 531–579), who considered the Turkic collaboration with the Hephthalites to pose a danger for his rule in the east, and thus marched towards the Sasanian-Turkic border in Gurgan. When he reached the place, he was met by a Turkic delegate of Istemi that presented him gifts.[1] There Khosrow asserted his authority and military potency, and persuaded the Turks to make an alliance with him. The alliance contained a treaty that made it obligatory for Faghanish to be sent to the Sasanian court in Ctesiphon and gain the approval of Khosrow for his status as Hephthalite king.[1] Faghanish and his kingdom of Chaghaniyan thus became a vassal of the Sasanian Empire, which set the Oxus as the eastern frontier the Sasanians and Turks.[3][4] Faghanish's fate after that is unknown, he may have been the ancestor of the principality of Chaghaniyan that ruled from the early 7th century to the late 8th century.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Rezakhani 2017, p. 142.
- ^ Rezakhani 2017, pp. 141–142.
- ^ Litvinsky & Dani 1996, pp. 176–177.
- ^ Bivar 2003, pp. 198–201.
- ^ Litvinsky & Dani 1996, p. 177.
Sources
- Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 1–256. ISBN 9781474400305.
- Litvinsky, B. A.; Dani, Ahmad Hasan (1996). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The crossroads of civilizations, A.D. 250 to 750. UNESCO. ISBN 9789231032110.
- Bivar, A. D. H. (2003). "Hephthalites". In ISBN 978-0-933273-75-7.