µþ´¡±á¸éÄ€²Ñ (بهرام), the name of six Sasanian kings and of several notables of the Sasanian and later periods. The name derives from Old Iranian Vá¹›θragna, Avestan VÉ™rÉ™θraγna, the god of victory (see above), Middle Persian WarahrÄn, WahrÄm (most often spelled wlhlʾn), Parthian *Warθagn, borrowed into Armenian as Vahagn, and Wa(r)hrÄm (spelled wryhrm), borrowed into Armenian as VrÄm. See also Justi, Namenbuch, pp. 361-65; H. Humbach and P. O. Skjærvø, The Sassanian Inscription of Paikuli III/1, Wiesbaden, 1983, pp. 130-31; Iranisches Personennamenbuch II/2, p. 171.
ii. BahrÄm II, son of BahrÄm I.
iii. BahrÄm III, son of BahrÄm II.
iv. BahrÄm IV, son of BahrÄm III(?).
v. BahrÄm V GÅr, son of Yazdegerd I.
vi. BahrÄm V GÅr in Persian legend and literature.
Figure 1. The order of succession of the early Sasanian kings.
Figure 2. Descent of the Samanids from BahrÄm ÄŒÅbÄ«n. (For the Samanids, see BÄ«rÅ«nÄ«, Chronology; for ŠÄpÅ«r, see Syrische Kronik, p. 9; see also Justi, Namenbuch, s.vv.)
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Originally Published: December 15, 1988
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