Adhur Gushnasp
Adhur Gushnasp | |
|---|---|
| Marzban of Persian Armenia | |
| In office 465–481 | |
| Monarch | Peroz I |
| Preceded by | Adhur Hormizd |
| Succeeded by | Sahak II Bagratuni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | Unknown Marzpanate Armenia |
Adhur Gushnasp, known in Armenian sources as Arderveshnasp was a Sasanian commander and the fourth marzban of Persian Armenia from 465 to 481.[1]
Biography
In 465, Adhur Gushnasp was appointed by the Sasanian shah Peroz I as the marzban of Armenia, replacing Adhur Hormizd.[2] In 475, the Mamikonian princess Shushanik, was murdered by her husband Prince Varsken, a recent convert to Zoroastrianism, because she refused to convert and wanted to stay Christian. Varsken was then executed by Vakhtang I, king of Iberia. Peroz I sent an army to punish Vakhtang for intervening. However, Vakhtang was joined by the Armenians, and a revolt broke out in Armenia, led by Vahan I Mamikonian. Adhur Gushnasp then abandoned Dvin to escape the Armenian rebels, and took refugee in Artashat, where he began raising an army in order to make a counter-attack. The Armenian insurgents then made Sahak II Bagratuni the new marzban of Armenia.[3]
Adhur Gushnasp raised an army of 7,000 horsemen, and attacked the Armenians at Akori, he was however, defeated and killed.[4]
References
- ^ Basmadjian 1914, p. 293.
- ^ Grousset 1947, p. 213.
- ^ Grousset 1947, pp. 216–217.
- ^ Grousset 1947, p. 219.
Sources
- Basmadjian, Krikor Jacob (1914). "Chronologie de l'histoire d'Arménie". Revue de l’Orient chrétien (in French). IX (XIX): 293–294.
- Grousset, René (1947). Histoire de l’Arménie des origines à 1071 (in French). Paris: Payot.