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    The Marzbān-nāma (Persian: مرزبان‌نامه, lit. 'Book of Marzban') is an early 13th-century Persian prose work. It consists of "various didactic stories...
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  • Marzban was an official title for a political and/or military leader in charge of a border province of the Parthian or Sasanian Empire. According to Shahrestaniha...
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  • noble Philip Siwni, marzbān 574–576, Armenian noble Mushegh II Mamikonian, marzbān 591?, Armenian noble Varaztirots II Bagratuni, marzbān 628 – after 631...
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    defeated and killed Adhur Gushnasp, and thereafter declared Sahak II Bagratuni as the new marzban. He also kept repelling several Sasanian counter-attacks. In...
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    was appointed marzban by Yazdegerd II's grandson, Kavad I (r. 488–531). Jews were also the subject of persecution under Yazdegerd II; he is said to have...
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    province (shahr), governed by a non-royal delegate (marzban or shahrab) of the Sasanian shah. In 379, Shapur II designated Ardashir as his successor, and made...
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  • Sahak II may refer to: Sahak II Bagratuni, marzban of Persian Armenia in 481–482 Sahak II of Cilicia, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia in 1902–1939...
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  • (Middle Persian: Warāzdātan), was an Iranian nobleman who served as the marzban of Persian Armenia from 560 to 564. During his governorship, Armenia was...
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  • ancestors of Smbat III, allied with Armenian marzbane. Sahak II and Smbat IV were marzbans of Armenia. The rulers of the dynasty traditionally continued...
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    provinces (marzban). Most of these positions were patrimonial, and many were passed down through a single family for generations. The marzbans of greatest...
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