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Vistahm or
Bistam (also
transliterated Wistaxm,
Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭧𐭬 wsthm), was a
Parthian dynasty of the
Ispahbudhan house, and
maternal uncle...
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Byzantine Empire and
struggling against usurpers such as
Bahram Chobin and
Vistahm.
Khosrow II
began a war
against the
Byzantines in 602,
ostensibly to avenge...
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another anti-Hormizd
faction led by the two
Ispahbudhan brothers,
Vistahm and Vinduyih. As
Bahram captured Ctesiphon,
Khosrow II fled to the Byzantine...
- Khosrau, however, had
Vinduyih executed,
which made
Vistahm revolt against him. The
rebellion of
Vistahm lasted from 590/1–596 or 594/5–600,
until he was...
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appointed Vistahm marzban (governor) of
Hyrcania as a
reward for his
support during the rebellion, however, Khosrow's
mistrust for
Vistahm led him to...
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military leader Bahram Chobin, then the wife of the
Ispahbudhan dynast Vistahm, and
ultimately the wife of the last
prominent Sasanian emperor, Khosrow...
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Bahram Chobin,
while Sarames joined a
group of
dissatisfied nobles led by
Vistahm and Vinduyih.
Bahram Chobin managed to
briefly become king of the Sasanian...
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Kavad I
Jamasp Kavad I
Khosrow I
Hormizd IV
Khosrow II
Bahram VI
Chobin Vistahm 270–273 CE
Palmyrene Empire Vaballathus Zenobia♀
Antiochus 273–395 CE Roman...
- war of 589–591.
Another faction, led by two
other dissatisfied nobles,
Vistahm and Vinduyih, had
Hormizd IV
deposed and killed, and
elevated his son Khosrow...
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Kavad I
Jamasp Kavad I
Khosrow I
Hormizd IV
Khosrow II
Bahram VI
Chobin Vistahm 270–273 CE
Palmyrene Empire Vaballathus Zenobia♀
Antiochus 273–395 CE Roman...
