Peroz I

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Sasanian king
gptkbp:burialPlace unknown
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Ctesiphon
gptkbp:coins Silver drachms
gptkbp:deathDate 484 CE
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Battle_of_Herat
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Sasanian
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Persian
gptkbp:father gptkb:Yazdegerd_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Peroz I
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Denag
gptkbp:notableAction Persecuted Christians
Died in battle
Attempted to centralize power
Exiled brother Hormizd
Faced famine in Iran
Fought Hephthalites
Fought Kidarites
His death led to Sasanian crisis
His defeat led to tribute payments by Sasanians
His son Kavad I later became king
Lost eastern provinces to Hephthalites
Lost life and army in ambush by Hephthalites
Mentioned in Shahnameh
Paid tribute to Hephthalites
Rebuilt Nishapur
Remembered for tragic defeat
Restored Sasanian authority after civil war
Subject of later Persian literature
Supported Zoroastrian clergy
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Herat
Wars against Hephthalites
gptkbp:notableEvent Defeat and death by Hephthalites
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:Kavad_I
gptkb:Balash
Peroz II
Zareh
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Yazdegerd_II
gptkbp:reign 459–484 CE
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Balash
gptkbp:title gptkb:Shahanshah
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nvarsak_Treaty
gptkb:Sassanid_dynasty
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6