Jamasp
| Jamasp | |
|---|---|
House of Sasan | |
| Father | Peroz I |
| Religion | Zoroastrianism |
Jamasp (also spelled Zamasp or Djamasp;
Name
Due to increased Sasanian interest in Kayanian history, Jamasp was named after Jamasp, the mythological minister of the Kayanian monarch Vishtaspa.[1][2] The name is transliterated in Greek as Zamásphēs; Arabic Jāmāsb, Zāmāsb, and Zāmāsf; New Persian Jāmāsp and Zāmāsp.[2]
Background
In 484,
Reign
In 496, due to the socioeconomic and religious changes implemented by Kavad I, the nobility and
In 498 (or 499), Kavad returned to Iran with a Hephthalite army.[16][6] When he crossed the domains of the Kanarangiyan family in Khorasan, he was met by Adergoudounbades, a member of the family, who agreed to help him.[15] Another noble who supported Kavad was Zarmihr Karen, a son of Sukhra.[6] Jamasp and the nobility and clergy did not resist as they wanted to prevent another civil war.[17] They came to an agreement with Kavad that he would be shah again with the understanding that he would not hurt Jamasp or the elite.[17] Jamasp was spared, albeit probably blinded, while Gushnaspdad and other nobles who had plotted against Kavad were executed.[6] Kavad's reclamation of his throne displays the troubled circumstances of the empire, where in a time of anarchy a small force was able to overwhelm the nobility-clergy alliance.[13]
Jamasp then went to Armenia, where he defeated the Khazars, conquered some of their territory, and married a woman from Armenia, who bore him a son named Narsi.[18]
Descendants
After Jamasp's death in 530/540, his son Narsi, who had a son named Piruz, expanded the domains of his family, which included
Notes
- Tukharistan and also seemingly chunks of southern Transoxiana.[4]
References
- ^ Boyce 2001, p. 127–128.
- ^ a b c Choksy 2008, pp. 453–454.
- ^ Rezakhani 2017, p. 145.
- ^ Daryaee & Rezakhani 2017, p. 163.
- ^ McDonough 2011, p. 305.
- ^ a b c d e f g Schindel 2013, pp. 136–141.
- ^ Payne 2015, p. 287.
- ^ Potts 2018, p. 295.
- ^ Payne 2015, p. 288.
- ^ Shahbazi 2005.
- ^ a b Chaumont & Schippmann 1988, pp. 574–580.
- ^ Pourshariati 2008, p. 78.
- ^ a b c Daryaee 2014, p. 27.
- ^ a b Axworthy 2008, p. 59.
- ^ a b Pourshariati 2008, p. 267.
- ^ Rezakhani 2017, p. 131.
- ^ a b Pourshariati 2008, p. 114.
- ^ Pourshariati 2008, p. 299.
- ^ Pourshariati 2008, p. 301.
- ^ Pourshariati 2008, p. 302.
- ^ Madelung 1993, pp. 541–544.
Sources
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- Choksy, Jamsheed K. (2008). "Jāmāsp i. Reign". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XIV, Fasc. 5. pp. 453–454.
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- Payne, Richard (2015). "The Reinvention of Iran: The Sasanian Empire and the Huns". In Maas, Michael (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Attila. Cambridge University Press. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-1-107-63388-9.
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Further reading
- Rezakhani, Khodādād (2018). "Jamasp (Zamasp)". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.