Bahram

Bahrām (Persian: بهرام) or Vahrām meaning "smiting of resistance" or "victorious", may refer to:

• Bahrām, the Zoroastrian divinity that is the hypostasis of victory.

Historic people

• one of the Sassanid kings by that name:
  • Bahrām I, r. 273-276.
  • Bahrām II, r. 276-293
  • Bahrām III, r. 293.
  • Ardashir II, r. 379–383, who also went by the name 'Ardashir Vahram'.
  • Bahrām IV, r. 388–399.
  • Bahrām V Gōr, r. 421–438 (often known as Bahram Gur).
  • Bahrām VI Čōbīn, r. 590-591.
• Armenian king Gushnasp Vahram, r. 509/514-518.
• Vahram Pahlavouni an Armenian army commander.
• Muiz ud din Bahram, the sixth sultan of Delhi

Other

• racehorse Bahram, the 1935 Triple Crown Champion of British Thoroughbred Racing.
• the Persian language name for the planet Mars.
• Bahram Nouraei (rapper), hip-hop artist based out of Tehran, Iran.

See also

• Bahram (name), a popular male Persian given name.