Shahrbaraz

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Shahrbaraz was a prominent 7th-century Sasanian Persian general and briefly shahanshah, renowned for his military campaigns against the Byzantine Empire during the Byzantine–Sasanian War.

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Shahrbaraz canonical 3

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instanceOf 7th-century Iranian person
Sasanian general
military commander
shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire
allegiance Sasanian Empire
alliedWith Avars
besieged Constantinople
capturedCity Alexandria
Jerusalem
century 7th century
deathDate 630
deathPlace Ctesiphon
defectedFrom Khosrow II
dynasty Sasanian Empire
ethnicity Iranian
family Mihranid family
honorificMeaning Boar of the Empire
killedBy Sasanian nobles
knownFor political ambition during Sasanian succession crises
rapid and mobile warfare
militaryCampaign invasion of Byzantine Syria
invasion of Egypt
invasion of Palestine
negotiatedWith Heraclius
nobleHouse House of Mihran
notableFor Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
capture of Egypt from the Byzantines
capture of Jerusalem in 614
conquest of the Levant
siege of Constantinople in 626
occupation general
monarch
participatedIn Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
predecessorAsShahanshah Ardashir III
regionOfCommand Nemroz (southern military district of the Sasanian Empire)
reignEnd June 630
reignStart April 630
religion Zoroastrianism
restoredToByzantines Egypt
linked to: Tulunid Egypt

Levant
linked to: Levant region

Mesopotamia
roleInSiegeOfConstantinople626 commanded Sasanian forces on the Asian side of the Bosporus
servedUnder Ardashir III
Kavad II
linked to: Kavadh II

Khosrow II
spouse Mirhran
successorAsShahanshah Boran
title spahbed
treatyWith Byzantine Empire

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