Bahram IV

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Bahram IV 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭
"King of kings of Iran and Aniran"
Coin of Bahram IV
Reign	388–399
Born	Unknown
Died	399
Predecessor	Shapur III
Successor	Yazdegerd I
Royal House	House of Sasan
Religious beliefs	Zoroastrianism

Bahram IV (Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭, Wahrām, Persian: بهرام یکم‎, Bahrām), was thirteenth Sassanid King of Persia (388–399), son and successor of Shapur III (383–388), under whom he had been governor of Kerman; therefore he was called Kermanshah (Agathias iv. 26; Tabari). He later founded the city of Kermanshah in western Persia.^[1]

History

Armenia had been divided during the reign of Shapur III according to the terms of a peace treaty. But this arrangement barely survived the reign of Shapur III. In 389, Khosrov IV, the vassal king of Armenia under Persian suzerainty grew wary of his subordination to Persia and entered into a treaty with the Roman emperor Theodosius I who made him the king of a united Armenia in return for his allegiance.^[2] This enraged Bahram and he had Khosrov imprisoned in the Castle of Oblivion and made his brother Vramshapuh upon the Armenian throne.^[3]

Bahramn IV is often regarded as a harsh man who neglected his duties. He has been portrayed as a weak king, under whom his vassals regained influence lost under Shapur II.^[4] His conduct, it is recorded, grew so unbearable that he was ultimately assassinated by his own troops who surrounded him and shot him with arrows.

Notes

↑ Geographical and Administrative divisions: Settlements and Economy, Christopher Brunner, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. III, ed. William Bayne Fisher, (Cambridge University Press, 1996), 767.
↑ Bahrām IV, O. Klíma, Encyclopaedia Iranica. (August 24, 2011).
↑ The Armenian Alphabet, The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Oral Tradition to the Golden Age, Vol.I, ed. A. J. Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk, Nourhan Ouzounian, (Wayne State University Press, 2000), 84.
↑ Parvaneh Pourshariati, Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire, (I.B. Tauris, 2008), 58.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

Bahram IV Sassanid dynasty
Preceded by Shapur III	Great King (Shah) of Persia 388–399	Succeeded by Yazdegerd I

v t e Rulers of the Sasanian Empire (224–651)

Ardashir I (224–242) Shapur I (240–270) Hormizd I (270–271) Bahram I (271–274) Bahram II (274–293) Bahram III (293) Narseh (293–302) Hormizd II (302–309) Adhur Narseh (309) Shapur II (309–379) Ardashir II (379–383) Shapur III (383–388) Bahram IV (388–399) Yazdegerd I (399–420) Shapur IV^§ (420) Khosrau the Usurper^§ (420) Bahram V (420–438) Yazdegerd II (438–457) Hormizd III^§ (457–459) Peroz I (459–484) Balash (484–488) Kavadh I (488–496) Djamasp (496–498) Kavadh I (498–531) Khosrau I (531–579) Hormizd IV (579–590) Khosrau II (590) Bahram VI Chobin^§ (590–591) Khosrau II (591–628) Vistahm^§ (591–596) Kavadh II (628) Ardashir III (628–629) Shahrbaraz^§ (629) Khosrau III^§ (629) Borandukht (629–630) Shapur-i Shahrvaraz^§ (630) Peroz II^§ (630) Azarmidokht (630–631) Farrukh Hormizd^§ (630–631) Hormizd VI^§ (630–631) Khosrau IV^§ (631) Farrukhzad Khosrau V^§ (631) Borandukht (631–632) Yazdegerd III (632–651) Peroz III (pretender) Narsieh (pretender)

^§ usurpers or rival claimants

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