Mihranids

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Standard of the Mihranids, from the inscription of a 7th century statue of King Javanshir.

The Mihranids were an Iranian family which ruled several regions of Caucasus from 330 to 821. They claimed to be of Sasanian Persian descent but were of Parthian origin.[1][2]

History[]

The dynasty was founded when a certain Mihran, a distant relative of Sasanian, settled in the region of Gardman in Utik. He was probably a member of a branch of the Mihranid family which was listed among the Seven Great Houses of Iran, and whose two other lines ruled Iberia (Chosroid Dynasty) and Gogarene/Gugark.[3]

The most prominent representatives of the family in the 7th century were Varaz Grigor, his son Javanshir, and Varaz-Tiridates I. Mihranids assumed a Persian title of Arranshahs (i.e. shahs of Arran, Persian name of Albania). The family's rule came to an end after the assassination of by in 822–23.[1]

Subsequently Sahl Smbatean, a descendant of the aforementioned Arranshahik (Eṙanšahik) family, assumed the title of Arranshah[4] and ruled significant part of Caucasian Albania.

Mihranids of Gogarene[]

Main article: Mihranids of Gugark
  • Peroz (330–361)
  • Unknown (361–394)
  • (394–400)
  • (400–430)
  • (430–455)
  • Arshusha II (455–470)
  • Varsken (470–482)
  • (482–540)
  • (540–608)
  • (608–627)
  • (???–748)

Mihranids of Gardman[]

  • Peroz (330–361)
  • (361–430)
  • Barzabod (430–440)
  • (440–450)
  • (450–480)
  • (480–510)
  • (510–540)
  • (540–570)
  • (570–600)

Mihranids of Caucasian Albania[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bosworth 2011.
  2. ^ Encyclopedia Iranica. M. L. Chaumont. Albania.
  3. ^ Toumanoff, Cyril. Chronology of the Early Kings of Iberia. Traditio 25 (1969), p. 22.
  4. ^ Minorsky, Vladimir. Caucasica IV. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), pp. 504-529.

Sources[]

  • Bosworth, C.E. (2011). "ARRĀN". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Albania was ruled by princes of the Mihrān family, who claimed descent from the Sasanians but were probably of Parthian origin.
  • Toumanoff, Cyril (1963). Studies in Christian Caucasian history. Georgetown University Press. pp. 1–599.
  • Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
  • Toumanoff, Cyril (1969). The Chronology of the Early Kings of Iberia. Fordham University Press. pp. 1–33.
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