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Bahram IV
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Key facts
- Reign
- 388–399
- Predecessor
- Shapur III
- Successor
- Yazdegerd I
- Issue
- Khosrow
- House
- House of Sasan
- Father
- Shapur III
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sasanian Empire
- Child
- Khosrau the Usurper
- Father
- Shapur III
- Sibling
- Yazdegerd I
- Occupation
- monarch
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
- Family
- Sasanian dynasty
- Image
- Coin of Bahram IV (cropped), Herat mint.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bahram IV
- date of death
- 0399-01-01
- date of birth
- 0400-01-01
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
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Encyclopedic overview
Bahram IV (also spelled Wahram IV or Warahran IV; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭), was the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) of Iran from 388 to 399. He was likely the son and successor of Shapur III (r. 383–388).
Before his accession to the throne, Bahram served as governor of the southeastern province of Kirman. There he bore the title of Kirmanshah (meaning "king of Kirman"), which would serve as the name city he later founded in western Iran.
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