WAHRĀM II., KÖNIG DER KÖNIGE VON ĒRĀ END ANĒRĀN.
» Wahrām II. King of kings of ᄒrān and Anērān «. After three years of kingship, Wahrām I died and his son Wahrām II ascended the throne. He ruled the Sasanian Empire for seventeen years (276-293 AD). Wahrām II was the fifth šāhān šāh of the so-called New Persian Empire that had been fnunded by Ardaš...
| Publicado en: | Iranica Antiqua Vol. 44; pp. 559 - 644 |
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2009
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=39459872&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 39459872 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00210870 ED4 jtl: Iranica Antiqua issn: 00210870 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2009 vid: 44 pid: 20742 pub: Peeters Publishers artinfo: ui: 39459872 10.2143/IA.44.0.2034388 ppf: 559 ppct: 85 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 23.4MB tig: atl: WAHRĀM II., KÖNIG DER KÖNIGE VON ĒRĀ END ANĒRĀN. aug: au: WEBER, Ursula affil: Universität Kiel su: Ancient kings & rulers Royal succession Stone carving Ancient relief sculpture Sassanid dynasty, Iran, 224-651 Zoroastrianism Iran sug: subj: Iran Ancient kings & rulers Royal succession Stone carving Ancient relief sculpture Sassanid dynasty, Iran, 224-651 Zoroastrianism keyword: Rock reliefs Sasanians Wahrām II ab: » Wahrām II. King of kings of ᄒrān and Anērān «. After three years of kingship, Wahrām I died and his son Wahrām II ascended the throne. He ruled the Sasanian Empire for seventeen years (276-293 AD). Wahrām II was the fifth šāhān šāh of the so-called New Persian Empire that had been fnunded by Ardašīr I in 224 AD. During his long reign, Wahrām endeavoured to secure the throne for his family and to fix the succession correctly to his father's mind. Numerous rock reliefs commissioned by him show him within the family and with the highest dignitaries of the empire. Those images were a proven device for displaying his entitlement to the Sasanian throne. As regards domestic policy and foreign affairs, difficnlties characterize Wahrām's reign. The most prominent of them were the many years' rebellion of his brother (or cousin?), prince Ormies (Hormezd), and the serious setbacks in the Sasanian fight against Rome. The main reasons for this development were the king's turning away from the tolerant religious policy of his predecessors and the rebellion of Ormies (Homlezd) that lasted lor almost ten years. The situation became even worst because of the struggle for the throne after Wahrām's death. Four people stand out from the great number of Wahrām's relatives and are documented in the sources: his brother Ormies (Hormezd): his wile, the 'Queen of queens', whose name remains unknown: his concubine, the Christian martyr Qandīdā, who originally came from the territories of the Roman empire: and his son and successor Wahrām III (293 AD). Like his predecessors, Wahrām II was a devout follower and patron of Zoroastrianism. His conviction follows from his titles, his coins and reliefs. His religious policy was decisively shaped by his promotion of the mowbed Kerdīr on whom he showered extraordinary honours and powers. By that, Kerdīr got decisive space to intensively toster Zoroastrianism and, at the same time, to persecute all other religions, not the least the Christians and the Manichaeans. It was in Wahrām II's time that the first persecution of the Christians took place. However, it had not the dimensions of the later ones. During this persecution, Wahrām's concubine Qandida died a martyr's death. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: German refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Iranica Antiqua is the property of Peeters Publishers and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Iranica Antiqua holder: Peeters Publishers dt: @attributes: year: 2009 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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