Sasanian family tree

Main article: Sasanian Empire

This is a family tree of the Sasanian emperors, their ancestors, and Sasanian princes/princesses.

History

The Sasanian dynasty was named after Sasan, the eponymous ancestor of the dynasty. It was founded by Ardashir I in 224, who defeated the last Parthian (Arsacid) king, Artabanus IV (Persian: اردوان Ardavan)^[1] and ended when the last Sasanian monarch, Yazdegerd III (632–651), lost a 19-year struggle to drive out the early Arab Caliphate, which was the first of the Islamic empires.

It is believed that the following dynasties and noble families have ancestors among the Sasanian rulers:

• The Dabuyid dynasty (642–760), descendants of Jamasp.^[2]
• The Paduspanids (665–1598) of Mazandaran, descendants of Jamasp.^[3]
• The Shahs of Shirwan (1100–1382), from Hormizd IV's line.^[4]
• The Banu Munajjim (9th–10th century), from Mihr Gushnasp, a Sasanian prince.
• The Kamkarian family (9th–10th century), a dehqan family descended from Yazdegerd III.
• The Mikalids (9th–11th century), a family descended from the Sogdian ruler Divashtich, who was, in turn, a descendant of Bahram V Gur.

Sasanian family tree

The solid lines indicate parent-to-child lineage and the dotted lines indicate questionable blood relationships.

Weh-afrid

Sasan

Rambehesht

Gochihr

Papak[a]

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Shapur

Ardashir I (224–242)

Balash

Denag

Narseh

Shapur I (240–270)

Ardashir Kirmanshah

Ardashir Marvshah

Peroz I Kushanshah

Narseh

Mihrshah Meshanshah

Ardashir Nodshiraganshah

Hormizd I (270–271)

Bahram I (271–274)

Narseh (293–302)

Shapur Meshanshah

Adur-Anahid

Hormozdak

Bahram II (274–293)

Hormizd II (302–309)

Hormizddukhtak

Hormizd

Hormizdag

Odabakht

Bahram

Shapur

Peroz

Shapurdukhtak

Bahram III (293)

Adur Narseh (309)

Hormizd

Ardashir II (379–383)

Shapur II (309–379)

Adurfrazgird

Zamasp

Asay

Hormizddukht

Shapur Sakanshah

Zruanduxt

Shapur III (383–388)

Peroz-Gushnasp

Bahram IV (389–399)

Yazdegerd I (399–420)

Khosrow (420)

Shapur IV (420)

Bahram V (420–438)

Narseh

Yazdegerd II (438–457)

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Aswagen

Hormizd III (457–459)

Peroz I (457–484)

Balash (484–488)

Zarir († 485)

Vache II

Balendukht

Kavadh I (488–496, 498–531)

Jamasp[b] (496–498)

Perozdukht

Kawus

Jamasp

Xerxes

Khosrow I (531–579)

Narsi

Niwandukht

Shapur

Kavadh

Piruz

Gil Gavbara

Vinduyih

Vistahm (590/1–596 or 594/5–600)

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Hormizd IV (579–590)

Anoshazad

Yazdandad

Hormizd V (630–631)

Khosrow II (590–628)

Kavadh

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Shahrbaraz[c] (630)

Bahram VI[d] (590-591)

Chahardukht

Mah-Adhur Gushnasp

Rostam Farrokhzad

Farrukhzad[e]

Khosrow III (630)

Shapur V (630)

Peroz II (630)

Khosrow IV (631)

Kavadh II (628)

Azarmidokht (630–631)

Mardanshah († 628)

Javanshir

Arwandrang († 628)

Guranshah († 628)

Afrudshah († 628)

Khurrah († 628)

Pusdil († 628)

Boran (629–630, 631–632)

Farrukhzad Khosrow V (631)

Shahriyar († 628)

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Ardashir III (628–629)

Yazdegerd III (632–651)

Hormizd VI (630–631)

Peroz III (651–677)

Bahram VII

Izdundad

Mihr Gushnasp[f]

Narsieh (677–???)

Khosrow VI

See also

• List of shahanshahs of the Sasanian Empire
• Bavandid family tree

Notes

^ a: The exact relation between Sasan and Papak is unclear.
^ b: Ancestor of the Dabuyids and Paduspanids.
^ c: Member of the same family as Bahram VI.
^ d: Ancestor of the Samanids through his son Noshrad.
^ e: Founder of the Bavand dynasty.
^ f: Alleged ancestor of the Banu Munajjim.

References

1. Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia:The Rise and Fall of an Empire, (I.B. Tauris, 2010), 2.
2. "DABUYIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
3. "BADUSPANIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
4. Stokvis A.M.H.J., pp. 112, 129.

External links

• The Sasanid rulers of Persia (detailed genealogy)
• D Gershon Lewental, ‘The Death of Rostam: Literary Representations of Iranian Identity in Early Islam’, Iranian Studies 50.2 (March 2017), 223–45. DOI 10.1080/00210862.2016.1248813.