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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Arsa'cidae (search)
the Great in B. C. 328. The names of the fifty-nine kings, the duration of their reigns, and some other historical facts, mixed up with fabulous accounts, are given by the Armenian historians. II. SEVEN GOVERNORS Seven governors appointed by Alexander, and after his death by the Seleucidae, during the period from 328 to 149 B. C. III. DYNASTY OF THE ARSACIDAE From B. C. 149 to A. D. 428. See below. IV. PERSIAN GOVERNORS From A. D. 428 to 625. V. GREEK AND ARABIAN GOVERNORS from A. D. 632 to 855. VI. DYNASTY OF THE PAGRATIDAE from 855 to 1079. The Pagratidae, a noble family of Jewish origin, settled in Armenia in B. C. 600, according to the Armenian historians. They were one of the most powerful families in Armenia. After they had come to the throne, they sometimes were compelled to pay tribute to the khalifs and to the emperors of Constantinople, and in later times they lost a considerable part of Armenia. A branch of this family reigned at Kars for a considerable time
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Sassanidae (search)
ing to the Eastern sources-- PURAN-DOKHT 27. PURAN-DOKHT, a daughter of Khosrew Purwiz, and a sister of Siroes. SHAH-SHENANDAH 28. SHAH-SHENANDAH, her cousin and lover. ARZEM-DOKHT 29. ARZEM-DOKHT, a daughter of Khosrew Purwiz. Kesra 30. KESRA, said to be a royal prince, put to death. FEROKHZAD 31. FEROKHZAD, said to be a son of Khosrew Purwiz. put to death. Yesdijird Iii. 32. YESDIJIRD or JESDIGERD III., the last king, and said to be a grandson of Chosroes, reigned from A. D. 632 till 651. Having declined to adopt the Mohammedan religion, as he was summoned to do by the khalif Abu-Bekr, his kingdom was invaded by the Arabic general Kaleb. In the battle of Cadesia (636), and other engagements, the Persians were worsted; their fortified towns and royal cities were taken one after the other; and, in 651, Jesdigerd was an abandoned fugitive in the tract watered by the Oxus and the Jaxartes, whence he solicited and, perhaps, obtained the assistance of Tait-Song, emperor
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Yesdijird Iii. 32. YESDIJIRD or JESDIGERD III., the last king, and said to be a grandson of Chosroes, reigned from A. D. 632 till 651. Having declined to adopt the Mohammedan religion, as he was summoned to do by the khalif Abu-Bekr, his kingdom was invaded by the Arabic general Kaleb. In the battle of Cadesia (636), and other engagements, the Persians were worsted; their fortified towns and royal cities were taken one after the other; and, in 651, Jesdigerd was an abandoned fugitive in the tract watered by the Oxus and the Jaxartes, whence he solicited and, perhaps, obtained the assistance of Tait-Song, emperor of China. He was thus enabled to raise an army of Turks, with whom he marched against the Arabs; but he was betrayed by his allies, by whom he was cut to pieces on his flight from them to the north. He left a son, Firuz, or Peroses, who entered the service of the Chinese emperor; and his son, the last of the Sassanidae, was raised by the same to the rank of a vassal king of B