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Varsken (Middle Persian: Vazgēn) was an
Iranian prince from the
Mihranid family of Gugark, who
served as the
bidaxsh (margrave) of the
region from 470...
- was a
Christian Armenian woman who was
tortured to
death by her
husband Varsken in the town of Tsurtavi, Georgia.
Since she died
defending her
right to...
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Armenian noblewoman, at the hand of her spouse,
bidaxshe (high prince)
Varsken, who had
renounced Christianity and
embraced Zoroastrianism. Shushanik...
- her
husband Prince Varsken, a
recent convert to Zoroastrianism,
because she
refused to
convert and
wanted to stay Christian.
Varsken was then executed...
- Shushanik, born
around 439 AD.
Shushanik married Varsken, a
prominent Mihranid feudal lord (pitiakhsh). When
Varsken took a pro-Persian
position renouncing Christianity...
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their autonomy. In 482,
Vakhtang put to
death his most
influential v****al,
Varsken,
vitaxa of Gogarene, a
convert to
Zoroastrianism and a
champion of Iran's...
- had
favoured Varsken, the
viceroy (bidaxsh) of the Armeno-Iberian
frontier region of Gugark. A
member of the
Mihranids of Gugark,
Varsken was born a Christian...
- the
Mamikonian princess Shushanik, was
murdered by her
husband Prince Varsken, who was a
convert to Zoroastrianism, and was
related to the
Mihran family...
- and an
eyewitness of her
martyrdom at the hand of her spouse,
bidaxsh Varsken,
Jacob compiled her life in his
hagiographic novel the
Martyrdom of the...
- an
invasion by the King of
Kings (shahanshah)
Shapur II (r. 309–379).
Varsken travelled to the
Iranian court in 470,
where he
converted to Zoroastrianism...
