# Mihranids > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mihranids > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mihranids.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihranids > Source revision: 1317232933 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Iranian ruling family}} The '''Mihranids''' were an [Iranian](/source/Iranian_peoples) family which ruled several regions of [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus) from 330 to 821. They claimed to be of [Sasanian Persian](/source/Sasanian) descent but were of [Parthia](/source/Parthia)n origin.{{sfn|Bosworth|1986|pp=520–522}}[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/albania-iranian-aran-arm Encyclopedia Iranica. M. L. Chaumont. Albania.] == History == The dynasty was founded when a certain Mihran, a distant relative of Sasanian, settled in the region of [Gardman](/source/Gardman) in [Utik](/source/Utik). He was probably a member of a branch of the [Mihranid family](/source/House_of_Mihran) which was listed among the [Seven Great Houses of Iran](/source/Seven_Great_Houses_of_Iran), and whose two other lines ruled [Iberia](/source/Kingdom_of_Iberia_(antiquity)) ([Chosroid Dynasty](/source/Chosroid_Dynasty)) and [Gogarene](/source/Gogarene)/[Gugark](/source/Gugark).Toumanoff, Cyril. ''Chronology of the Early Kings of Iberia''. ''Traditio'' 25 (1969), p. 22. It is uncertain how the Mihranids became ''Arranshahs'' (princes of Albania). Their ancestor, Mihran, was said to have received the region of [Gardman](/source/Gardman) by the Sasanian monarch [Khosrow II](/source/Khosrow_II) ({{reign|590|628}}).{{sfn|Vacca|2022}} In {{circa|600}}, the Mihranids who exterminated all of the members of the Aranshahik dynasty with the exception of a certain Zarmihr, who was related to the Mihranids through marriage.{{sfn|Zuckerman|2020|p=158}} This was due to the Aranshahiks still having some authority in Albania,{{sfn|Zuckerman|2020|p=158}} which they had originally ruled until their overthrow in the 1st-century.{{sfn|Toumanoff|1963|pp=256–257}} The Mihranids then conquered all of Albania and assumed the title of ''Arranshah'', but without embracing its royal status.{{sfn|Vacca|2022|p=66}}{{sfn|Zuckerman|2020|p=158}} The head of the family's full titulature was thus "Lord of Gardman and Prince of Albania".{{sfn|Vacca|2022|p=68}} The most prominent representatives of the family in the 7th century were [Varaz Grigor](/source/Varaz_Grigor), his son [Javanshir](/source/Javanshir), and [Varaz-Tiridates I](/source/Varaz-Tiridates_I). Mihranids assumed a Persian title of Arranshahs (i.e. [shah](/source/shah)s of [Arran](/source/Arran_(Republic_of_Azerbaijan)), Persian name of Albania). The family's rule came to an end after the assassination of [Varaz-Tiridates II](/source/Varaz-Tiridates_II) by [Nerseh Pilippean](/source/Nerseh_Pilippean) in 822–23.{{sfn|Bosworth|1986|pp=520–522}} Subsequently [Sahl Smbatean](/source/Sahl_Smbatean), a descendant of the aforementioned Arranshahik (Eṙanšahik) family, assumed the title of ArranshahMinorsky, Vladimir. ''Caucasica IV''. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), pp. 504-529. and ruled significant part of Caucasian Albania. ==Mihranids of Gogarene== {{main article|Mihranids of Gugark}} * [Peroz](/source/Peroz_(Mihranid)) (330–361) * Unknown (361–394) * [Bakur I](/source/Bakur_I_of_Gogarene) (394–400) * [Arshusha I](/source/Arshusha_I) (400–430) * [Bakur II](/source/Bakur_II_of_Gogarene) (430–455) * [Arshusha II](/source/Arshusha_II) (455–470) * [Varsken](/source/Varsken) (470–482) * [Arshusha III](/source/Arshusha_III) (482–540) * [Arshusha IV](/source/Arshusha_IV) (540–608) * [Vahram-Arshusha V](/source/Vahram-Arshusha_V) (608–627) * [Arshusha VI](/source/Arshusha_VI) (???–748) ==Mihranids of Gardman== * [Peroz](/source/Peroz_(Mihranid)) (330–361) * [Khurs](/source/Khurs_of_Gardman) (361–430) * [Barzabod](/source/Barzabod) (430–440) * [Varaz-Bakur](/source/Varaz-Bakur) (440–450) * [Mihr](/source/Mihr_of_Gardman) (450–480) * [Armayel](/source/Armayel) (480–510) * [Vard I](/source/Vard_I) (510–540) * [Vardan I](/source/Vardan_I) (540–570) * [Vard II](/source/Vard_II) (570–600) ==Mihranids of Caucasian Albania== * [Varaz Grigor](/source/Varaz_Grigor) (628–636) * [Javanshir](/source/Javanshir) (636–680) * [Varaz-Tiridates I](/source/Varaz-Tiridates_I) (680–705) ** [Shiruye](/source/Shiruye) (699–704, usurper) * [Vardan II](/source/Vardan_II) (705–740) * [Narseh-Dzndak](/source/Narseh_(Mihranid)) (740–770) * [Gagikh II](/source/Gagikh_II) (770–790) * [Stephanos I](/source/Stephanos_I) (790–821) * [Varaz-Tiridates II](/source/Varaz-Tiridates_II) (821–822) == References == {{reflist|2}} == Sources == {{sfn whitelist |CITEREFBosworth1986}} * {{cite book|last=Baumer|first=Christoph|authorlink=Christoph Baumer|title=History of the Caucasus: Volume 1: At the Crossroads of Empires|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_W01EAAAQBAJ|year= 2021|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1788310079}} * {{Encyclopaedia Iranica | volume=2 | fascicle=5 | title = Arrān | last = Bosworth | first = C. 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