Zik (general)
Zik (𐭉𐭆𐭀𐭊 zy’k *Zīg; Greek: Ζικ or Ζιχ Zik or Zikh) or in Greek sources also Zecas (Greek: Ζηκας), [1][2] was a 4th-century Iranian officer active during the reign of the Sasanian king (shah) Shapur II (r. 309–379). He was a member of the House of Zik, one of the Seven Great Houses of Iran. Not much is known about him; he was in c. 367 along with Karen given a large army to rule over Armenia, which had recently been seized by the Iranian army.[3] "The Zik" is mentioned in Part Six, Section One of the Buzandaran Patmutʻiwnkʻ attributed to Faustus of Byzantium: King Arshak I of Armenia "gave his deputy the Zik as a mentor to King Khosrow I."[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Justi 1895, pp. 385–386.
- ^ Garsoïan 1989, p. 433.
- ^ Daryaee 2009.
- ^ Garsoïan 1989, p. 265.
- ^ Patkanjan 1987, p. 398.
Sources
[edit]- Daryaee, Touraj (2009). "SHAPUR II". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
- Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989). The Epic Histories Attributed to Pʿawstos Buzand. (Buzandaran Patmutʿiwnkʿ). Translation and Commentary by Nina G. Garsoïan. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895). Iranisches Namenbuch. Marburg: N. G. Elwertsche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
- Patkanjan, Kʰ (1987). Pʰawstosi Biwzandanat͡sʰwoj Patmowtʰiwn Hajot͡sʰ (in Armenian). Yerevan: Yerevan State University.