Jamasp
Sign in to saveJamasp (also spelled Zamasp or Djamasp; ; Jāmāsp) was Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 496 to 498/9. He was a son of Peroz I and younger brother of Kavad I. Jamasp was installed on the Sasanian throne upon the deposition of the latter by the nobility and clergy. Jamasp's mother's name is unknown.
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- Libro apocalitico persiano Ayatkar i Žamaspik
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Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Jamasp
- Monarch.title
- King of Kings of Iranians and non-Iranians
- Monarch.image
- Coin of the Sasanian king Jamasp from Susa.jpg
- Monarch.caption
- Drachma of Jamasp, Susa mint
- Monarch.succession
- Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire
- Monarch.reign
- 496–498/9
- Monarch.predecessor
- Kavad I
- Monarch.successor
- Kavad I (restored)
- Monarch.royal house
- House of Sasan
- Monarch.father
- Peroz I
- Monarch.death_date
- 530/540
- Monarch.religion
- Zoroastrianism
- Monarch.issue
- Narsi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sasanian Empire
- Father
- Peroz I
- Sibling
- Kavad I
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Family
- Sasanian dynasty
- Image
- Coin of the Sasanian king Jamasp from Susa.jpg
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- date of death
- 0499-00-00
- date of birth
- 0450-00-00
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- Jamasp
- relative
- Vahriz
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Jamasp (also spelled Zamasp or Djamasp; ; Jāmāsp) was Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 496 to 498/9. He was a son of Peroz I and younger brother of Kavad I. Jamasp was installed on the Sasanian throne upon the deposition of the latter by the nobility and clergy. Jamasp's mother's name is unknown.
== Name == Due to increased Sasanian interest in Kayanian history, Jamasp was named after Jamasp, the mythological minister of the Kayanian monarch Vishtaspa. The name is transliterated in Greek as Zamásphēs; Arabic Jāmāsb, Zāmāsb, and Zāmāsf; New Persian Jāmāsp and Zāmāsp.
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