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Also Known As Smerdis
Died 522 BCE
House / Dynasty Achaemenid Empire
Notable Family Members father Cyrus the Great • brother Cambyses II
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Darius II Ochus
king of Persia
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Megabyzus
Achaemenian general
Cyrus II
Cyrus the Great
king of Persia
Darius the Great
Darius I
king of Persia
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Tissaphernes
Persian satrap
Bas-relief detail of Xerxes I wearing a robe and crown, holding a flower, from the north courtyard of the treasury at Persepolis, now in the Archaeological Museum in Tehran.
Xerxes I
king of Persia
ʿAbbās I
ʿAbbās I
Ṣafavid shah of Persia
Khosrow I, crystal medallion, 6th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Khosrow I
king of Persia
Khosrow II
Khosrow II
king of Persia
Shāpūr II, gold coin, 4th century; in the British Museum, London.
Shāpūr II
king of Persia
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Artaxerxes II
king of Persia
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Kavadh I
king of Persia
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Cambyses II
king of Persia
Ardashīr I, coin, 3rd century; in the British Museum
Ardashīr I
Sāsānian king
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Cyrus The Younger
Persian prince
Ancient rock relief at Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran, depicting the surrender of Roman emperor Valerian to Persian king Shapur, with Shapur on horseback and Valerian kneeling before him.
Shāpūr I
king of Persia
Alexander and Darius
Darius III
king of Persia
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Artaxerxes III
king of Persia
Rashīd al-Dīn: Ghaznavids in Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh
Rashīd al-Dīn
Persian statesman and historian
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Artaxerxes I
king of Persia