Surkhab I

Surkhab I (Persian: سهراب) was the second ruler of the Bavand dynasty from ca. 688 to 717. His father Farrukhzad was murdered in 665 by an Karenid named Valash, who had his domains conquered. After the murder of his father, Surkhab fled to a Bavand stronghold in Mazandaran. In 688, Surkhab avenged his father by killing Valash, and then reconquered lost Bavand territory. He then crowned himself as ispahbadh of the Bavandids at his capital in Perim. Surkhab died in 717, and was succeeded by his son Mihr Mardan.

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