Mehrdad
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Mehrdad (Mehrdād), Latin Mithridates is a Persian male name.
Several ancient Iranian kings were called Mehrdad (i.e. in original form as Mithrādāta), such as the Mehrdad I (c. 171–138 BC), Mehrdad the Great (c. 123–88 BCE), Mehrdad III (c. 57–54 BC) and Mehrdad IV (c. 129–140).
The ancient form of the name is Mithrādāta or Mitradat, named after god Mithra with a postposition of -dād, meaning given (by Mithra).
Modern Persian Meher is derived from the Avestan Mithrā, who in Pre-Zoroastrian era was worshipped as the god of the sun, and the protector of oaths and contracts. He was later venerated in the Zoroastrian faith as the protector of contracts, truth, and justice.[1]
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Mithridates II Mithridates II Mithridates III Mithridates IV
