Mihranids
The Mihranids were an
History
The dynasty was founded when a certain Mihran, a distant relative of Sasanian, settled in the region of
It is uncertain how the Mihranids became Arranshahs (princes of Albania). Their ancestor, Mihran, was said to have received the region of Gardman by the Sasanian monarch Khosrow II (r. 590–628).[4] In c. 600, the Mihranids who exterminated all of the members of the Aranshahik dynasty with the exception of a certain Zarmihr, who was related to the Mihranids through marriage.[5] This was due to the Aranshahiks still having some authority in Albania,[5] which they had originally ruled until their overthrow in the 1st-century.[6] The Mihranids then conquered all of Albania and assumed the title of Arranshah, but without embracing its royal status.[7][5] The head of the family's full titulature was thus "Lord of Gardman and Prince of Albania".[8]
The most prominent representatives of the family in the 7th century were
Subsequently Sahl Smbatean, a descendant of the aforementioned Arranshahik (Eṙanšahik) family, assumed the title of Arranshah[9] and ruled significant part of Caucasian Albania.
Mihranids of Gogarene
- Peroz (330–361)
- Unknown (361–394)
- Bakur I (394–400)
- Arshusha I (400–430)
- Bakur II (430–455)
- Arshusha II (455–470)
- Varsken (470–482)
- Arshusha III (482–540)
- Arshusha IV (540–608)
- Vahram-Arshusha V (608–627)
- Arshusha VI (???–748)
Mihranids of Gardman
- Peroz (330–361)
- Khurs (361–430)
- Barzabod (430–440)
- Varaz-Bakur (440–450)
- Mihr (450–480)
- Armayel (480–510)
- Vard I (510–540)
- Vardan I (540–570)
- Vard II (570–600)
Mihranids of Caucasian Albania
- Varaz Grigor (628–636)
- Javanshir(636–680)
- Varaz-Tiridates I (680–705)
- Shiruye (699–704, usurper)
- Vardan II (705–740)
- Narseh-Dzndak (740–770)
- Gagikh II (770–790)
- Stephanos I (790–821)
- Varaz-Tiridates II (821–822)
References
- ^ a b Bosworth 1986, pp. 520–522.
- ^ Encyclopedia Iranica. M. L. Chaumont. Albania.
- ^ Toumanoff, Cyril. Chronology of the Early Kings of Iberia. Traditio 25 (1969), p. 22.
- ^ Vacca 2022.
- ^ a b c Zuckerman 2020, p. 158.
- ^ Toumanoff 1963, pp. 256–257.
- ^ Vacca 2022, p. 66.
- ^ Vacca 2022, p. 68.
- ^ Minorsky, Vladimir. Caucasica IV. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), pp. 504-529.
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