Suren Kingdom
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Suren Kingdom | |||||||||
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| c. 119 BC–240 AD | |||||||||
| Status | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Capital | Unknown | ||||||||
| Common languages | Parthian | ||||||||
| Religion | Zoroastrianism | ||||||||
| Sakanshah | |||||||||
• 119 BC-??? | Unnamed | ||||||||
• ???-240 | Ardashir Sakanshah (?) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||
• Established | c. 119 BC | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 240 AD | ||||||||
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The Suren Kingdom, also known as the Indo-Parthians, was a kingdom ruled by the House of Suren from c. 119 BC to 240 AD. The kingdom mainly ruled in Sakastan during its whole existence, but at its zenith, it stretched as far as Sindh. In 240, the kingdom was incorporated into the Sasanian Empire.
Origin
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History
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List of rulers
The following list shows the known rulers of the kingdom:
- Vonones of Sakastan (75–65 BC)
- Surena (??? - 53 BC)
- Gondophares (r. 19 AD - 46)
- Abdagases I (r. 46 - ???)
- Ardashir Sakanshah (??? - 240)
Sources
- Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002). The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD). New York, New York and London, United Kingdom: Routledge (Taylor & Francis). ISBN 0-415-14687-9.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Christensen, Peter (1993). The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East, 500 B.C. to A.D. 1500. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 1–351. ISBN 9788772892597.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Shapur Shahbazi, A. (2005). "SASANIAN DYNASTY". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Frye, Richard Nelson (1984). The History of Ancient Iran. C.H.Beck. pp. 1–411. ISBN 9783406093975.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Schmitt, R. (1995). "DRANGIANA". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 5. pp. 534–537.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1997). "Sīstān". The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume IX: San–Sze. Leiden, and New York: BRILL. pp. 681–685. ISBN 9789004082656.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Gazerani, Saghi (2015). The Sistani Cycle of Epics and Iran’s National History: On the Margins of Historiography. BRILL. pp. 1–250. ISBN 9789004282964.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Shapur Shahbazi, A. "ARDAŠĪR SAKĀNŠĀH". Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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