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Bahrām VI, King of Iran, -approximately 591

LC control no.n 2006020907
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Personal name headingBahrām VI, King of Iran, -approximately 591
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Variant(s)Bahrām, Čōbīn, -approximately 591
Bahrām-i Chūbīn, -approximately 591
Bahrâm Tschōbīn, King of Iran, -approximately 591
Bahrām VI, King of Iran, d. ca. 591
Chūbīn, Bahrām, -approximately 591
Mehrbandak, -approximately 591
Mehrevandak, -approximately 591
Vahrām Čūbīn, -approximately 591
Death date0591~
Found inChristensen, Arthur. Dāstān-i Bahrām-i Chūbīn, 2004.
Encyclopaedia Iranica: (Bahrām VI Čōbīn; chief commander under Sasasanian Hormozd IV, and King of Iran in 590-591; was son of Bahrāmgošnasp, of the family of Mehrān; Bahrām was called Mehrbandak (Arm. Mehrevandak), but his tall & slender physique earned him nickname Čōbīn(a), var. Šōpēn "javelin-like"; assassinated by Hormozd's men)
EI2: v. 1, p. 938 ff. (Vahrām Čūbīn; a usurper, claimed descent from the Arsacid kings; in 589 AD became leader of a formidable insurrection during the reign of Hormizd IV)
RLIN database, 20 March 2006: (hdg.: Bahrâm Tschōbīn, King of Persia, d. ca. 591)