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Balash (Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭧𐭱𐭩, ) was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 484 to 488. He was the brother and successor of Peroz I (), who was defeated and killed by the Hephthalites.

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Royalty.name
Balash
Royalty.title
King of Kings of Iranians and non-Iranians
Royalty.image
Coin of the Sasanian king Balash from Susa.jpg
Royalty.caption
Drachma of Balash, minted in Susa
Royalty.succession
Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire
Royalty.reign
484–488
Royalty.predecessor
Peroz I
Royalty.successor
Kavad I
Royalty.royal house
House of Sasan
Royalty.father
Yazdegerd II
Royalty.death_date
Unknown
Royalty.religion
Zoroastrianism

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Balash
date of birth
0500-01-01
date of death
0488-01-01
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Balash (Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭧𐭱𐭩, ) was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 484 to 488. He was the brother and successor of Peroz I (), who was defeated and killed by the Hephthalites.

== Name == Balāsh () is the New Persian form of the Middle Persian Wardākhsh/Walākhsh (Inscriptional Pahlavi: wrdʾḥšy; late Book Pahlavi forms gwlḥš- Gulakhsh- and Gulāsh-). The etymology of the name is unclear, although Ferdinand Justi proposes that Walagaš, the first form of the name, is a compound of words "strength" (varəda), and "handsome" (gaš or geš in Modern Persian).

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