Farrukhzad
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Farrukhzad (; New Persian: ) was an Iranian aristocrat from the House of Ispahbudhan and the founder of the Bavand dynasty, ruling from 651 to 665. Originally a powerful servant of the Sasanian king Khosrow II (r. 590–628), he, along with several other powerful aristocrats, made a conspiracy against the latter and ended his tyrannical rule. They thereafter put Khosrow's son Kavadh II (r. 628) on the throne, whose rule lasted only a few months, before he was killed by a plague, being succeeded by his son Ardashir III (r. 628–629), who after only one year was murdered by the rebellious former Sa
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Farrukhzad
- Royalty.title
- Ispahbadh of Tabaristan
- Royalty.reign
- 651–665
- Royalty.successor
- Valash
- Royalty.issue
- ShahramSurkhab IIsfandyadhBahramFarrukhan
- Royalty.royal house
- House of Ispahbudhan
- Royalty.dynasty
- Bavand dynasty
- Royalty.father
- Farrukh Hormizd
- Royalty.birth_date
- 7th-century
- Royalty.death_date
- 665
- Royalty.death_place
- Tabaristan
- Royalty.religion
- Zoroastrianism
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Name
- Family
- The war with the Byzantines and the overthrow of Khosrow II
- The Sasanian civil war of 628-632
- The Arab invasion of Iran
- The invasion of western Iran
- Flight to Khorasan, rule and death
- Family tree
- References
- Sources
Farrukhzad (; New Persian: ) was an Iranian aristocrat from the House of Ispahbudhan and the founder of the Bavand dynasty, ruling from 651 to 665. Originally a powerful servant of the Sasanian king Khosrow II (r. 590–628), he, along with several other powerful aristocrats, made a conspiracy against the latter and ended his tyrannical rule. They thereafter put Khosrow's son Kavadh II (r. 628) on the throne, whose rule lasted only a few months, before he was killed by a plague, being succeeded by his son Ardashir III (r. 628–629), who after only one year was murdered by the rebellious former Sasanian army chief (spahbed) Shahrbaraz, who usurped the throne.
These events greatly weakened the Sasanian Empire, but by 632, when Khosrow's grandson Yazdegerd III (r. 632–651) ascended the throne, order was somewhat restored. However, just as peace was about to come, the Sasanian Empire was invaded by Muslim Arabs, which resulted in the death of many Sasanian veterans, including Farrukhzad's brother Rostam Farrokhzad. Farrukhzad thereafter succeeded him as the spahbed and the leader of the Pahlav (Parthian) faction, which had been formed by their father Farrukh Hormizd, who was murdered in 631.
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