The Parthian Empire ruled over an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iran from the third century BC to the third century AD. It contained a varying number of subordinate semi-autonomous kingdoms each with its own ruler.
Ruler | Year |
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Rev I | 189 to 216 |
Vache | 216 to 234 |
Bacurius I | 234 to 249 |
Mithridates II | 249 to 265 |
Amazaspus III | 260 to 265 |
Aspacures I | 265 to 284 |
Name | Date | Family Relations | Note | |
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1 | Vahbarz I | beg. of 3rd century BC | ? | leader of a revolution against Seleucids (?) |
2 | Baykard | ? | Fratarakā dynasty | |
3 | Baydād (bgdt) | end of 3rd/ beg. of 2nd century BC | Fratarakā dynasty - son of Baykard | sub-Seleucid |
4 | Ardaxšīr I (rtḥštry) | 1st half of 2nd century | Fratarakā dynasty | sub-Seleucid |
5 | Vahbarz II (whwbrz - called Oborzos in Polyenus 7.40) | 1st half of 2nd century | Fratarakā dynasty | |
6 | Vādfradād I (wtprdt) | mid-3nd century BC | Fratarakā dynasty - son of Vahbarz | Vadfradad I and his successors were as sub-Parthian dynasts. |
7 | Vadfradad II | c. 140 | ? | |
8 | 'Unknown king I' (Syknlt?) | 2nd half of 2nd century | ? | |
9 | Darev I | end of 2nd century | ? | |
10 | Vadfradad III | 1st half of 1st century | ? | |
11 | Darev II | 1st century | son of Vadfradad III | |
12 | Ardashir II | 2nd half of 1st century | son of Darev II | killed by his brother Vahshir I |
13 | Vahshir I | 2nd half of 1st century | son of Darev II | |
14 | Pakor I | 1st half of 1st century AD | son of Vahshir I | |
15 | Pakor II | 1st half of 1st century | ? | |
16 | Nambed | mid-1st century | son of Ardashir II | |
17 | Napad | 2nd half of 1st century | son of Nambed | |
18 | 'Unknown king II' | end of 1st century | ? | |
19 | Vadfradad IV | 1st half of 2nd century | ? | |
20 | Manchihr I | 1st half of 2nd century | ? | |
21 | Ardashir III | 1st half of 2nd century | son of Manchihr I | |
22 | Manchihr II | mid-2nd century | son of Ardashir III | |
23 | Pakor III[6] | 2nd half of 2nd century | ? | |
24 | Manchihr III | 2nd half of 2nd century | son of Manchihr II | |
25 | Ardashir IV | end of 2nd century | son of Manchihr III | |
26 | Vahshir II | c. 206-210 AD | ? | The last of Bazarangids. |
27 | Shapur | beg. of 3rd century | Brother of the first Sasanian, Ardashir I | |
28 | Ardashir V | beg. of 3rd century | First Sasanian ruler, under the name of Ardashir I |
In inscriptions found at Hatra, several rulers are mentioned. Other rulers are sporadically mentioned by classical authors. They appear with two titles. The earlier rulers are called mry' (translation uncertain, perhaps administrator), the later ones mlk -king.
Name | Title | Date | Family Relations | Note | |
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1 | Worod | mry' | |||
2 | Ma’nu | mry' | |||
3 | Elkud | mry' | 155/156 AD | ||
4 | Nashrihab | mry' | 128/29 - 137/38 AD | ||
5 | Naṣru | mry' | 128/29 - 176/77 | ||
6 | Wolgash I | mry' and mlk - King | |||
7 | Sanatruq I | mry' and mlk - King | 176/177 AD | ruled together with Wolgash I | |
8 | Wolgash (II?) | son of Wolgash (I) | |||
9 | Abdsamiya | mlk - King | 192/93 - 201/202 AD | Supported the Roman emperor Pescennius Niger | |
10 | Sanatruq II | mlk - King | 207/08 - 229/230 AD |