Smerdis, King of Persia, -approximately 527 B.C

LC control no.	nr 94018056
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Smerdis, King of Persia, -approximately 527 B.C. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Bardiya, King of Persia, -approximately 527 B.C. Bardiyah, King of Persia, -approximately 527 B.C. Smerdis, King of Persia, d. ca. 527 B.C.
Death date	-0526~
Found in	Testi inediti datati al regno di Bardiya (522 a.C.), 1991: p. xvi, etc. (Bardiya was crowned king of Babylonia [from 538 B.C. a region of the Persian Empire] on 7-1-522 B.C. and died the same year) LC in RLIN, 5-17-94 (hdg.: Smerdis, King of Persia, d. ca. 527 B.C.; no usage) Enc. Brit., 15th ed. (Smerdis (6th cent. B.C.); actually named Bardiya, but called Smerdis in the writings of Herodotus; Darius' inscription claims Smerdis was killed and impersonated by Guamata; others believe the man crowned was the true Smerdis) Enc. Amer., 1993 (Smerdis, Greek name of Bardiyah) Enc. Iranica (Bardiya, younger son of Cyrus the Great; called Smerdis by Herodotus)