- Marzbān, or
Marzpān (Middle
Persian transliteration: mrzwpn,
derived from marz "border, boundary" and the
suffix -pān "guardian";
Modern Persian: مرزبان...
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estimated 3,000,000
Armenians were
under the
influence of the
Sasanian marzpans during this period. The
marzban was
invested with
supreme power, even imposing...
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death of King
Bakur III, and
Iberia became a
Persian province ruled by a
marzpan (governor). The term "Caucasian Iberia" is also used to
distinguish it...
- of Princes, son of the
great Vache, and my wife Khorishah,
daughter of
Marzpan,
built the Holy
Katoghike for the
memory of our souls. We have decorated...
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Adrianople in 378.
Armenia was to
retain its
autonomy but be
overseen by a
marzpan (governor)
appointed by the
Persian king. Manuel's
death c. 385 precipitated...
- year, the
Armenian elite gathered at
Artaxata under the
presidency of
marzpan Vasak Siwni, Vardan, the
bidaxsh of the
Iberian March, and the
acting Catholicos...
- Chihor-Vishnasp Suren, also
known as Chihr-Gushnasp and Suren, was an
Iranian military officer from the
Suren family, who
served as the
governor (marzban)...
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abolish the
Iberian monarchy.
Iberia became a
Persian province ruled by a
marzpan (governor). The
Iberian nobles acquiesced to this
change without resistance...
-
conquered Iberia and
turned it into an
ordinary Persian province ruled by a
marzpan (governor). However,
Byzantine Emperor Heraclius's
offensive in 627 and...
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nakharar from the
Bagratuni family, the son of
Smbat IV Bagratuni. He was
marzpan of
Armenia c. 628, fled to the
Byzantine Empire soon
thereafter and was...
