Sasanian family tree

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This is a family tree of the

Sasanian emperors
, their ancestors, and Sasanian princes/princesses.

History

The

Artabanus IV (Persian: اردوان Ardavan)[1] and ended when the last Sasanian monarch, Yazdegerd III (632–651), lost a 19-year struggle to drive out the early Arab Caliphate, which was the first of the Islamic empires
.

It is believed that the following dynasties and noble families have ancestors among the Sasanian rulers:

Sasanian family tree

The solid lines indicate parent-to-child lineage and the dotted lines indicate questionable blood relationships.

Weh-afrid
SasanRambeheshtGochihr
Papak[a]
Shapur
Ardashir I
(224–242)
BalashDenag
NarsehShapur I
(240–270)
Ardashir KirmanshahArdashir MarvshahPeroz I KushanshahNarsehMihrshah MeshanshahArdashir Nodshiraganshah
Hormizd I
(270–271)
Bahram I
(271–274)
Narseh
(293–302)
Shapur MeshanshahAdur-Anahid
HormozdakBahram II
(274–293)
Hormizd II
(302–309)
HormizddukhtakHormizdHormizdagOdabakhtBahramShapurPerozShapurdukhtak
Hormizd
Ardashir II
(379–383)
Shapur II
(309–379)
AdurfrazgirdZamaspAsayHormizddukhtShapur Sakanshah
ZruanduxtShapur III
(383–388)
Peroz-Gushnasp
Bahram IV
(389–399)
Yazdegerd I
(399–420)
Khosrow
(420)
Shapur IV
(420)
Bahram V
(420–438)
Narseh
Yazdegerd II
(438–457)
Aswagen
Vache II
Balendukht
Kavadh I
(488–496, 498–531)
Jamasp[b]
(496–498)
Perozdukht
Kawus
Jamasp
XerxesKhosrow I
(531–579)
NarsiNiwandukht
ShapurKavadhPiruz
Gil Gavbara
VinduyihVistahm
(590/1–596 or 594/5–600)
Hormizd IV
(579–590)
AnoshazadYazdandad
Hormizd V
(630–631)
Khosrow II
(590–628)
Kavadh{{{unk}}}Shahrbaraz[c]
(630)
Bahram VI[d]
(590-591)
ChahardukhtMah-Adhur Gushnasp
Rostam FarrokhzadFarrukhzad[e]Khosrow III
(630)
Shapur V
(630)
Peroz II
(630)
Khosrow IV
(631)
Javanshir
Arwandrang
(† 628)
Guranshah
(† 628)
Afrudshah
(† 628)
Khurrah
(† 628)
Pusdil
(† 628)
Boran
(629–630, 631–632)
Farrukhzad Khosrow V
(631)
Shahriyar
(† 628)
Ardashir III
(628–629)
Yazdegerd III
(632–651)
Hormizd VI
(630–631)
Peroz III
(651–677)
Bahram VIIIzdundadMihr Gushnasp[f]
Narsieh
(677–???)
Khosrow VI

See also

Notes

Papak
is unclear.
Paduspanids
.
^ c: Member of the same family as Bahram VI.
^ d: Ancestor of the Samanids through his son Noshrad.
^ e: Founder of the Bavand dynasty.
^ f: Alleged ancestor of the Banu Munajjim.

References

  1. ^ Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia:The Rise and Fall of an Empire, (I.B. Tauris, 2010), 2.
  2. ^ "DABUYIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
  3. ^ "BADUSPANIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
  4. ^ Stokvis A.M.H.J., pp. 112, 129.

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