Ardakhshir II (also spelled Artaxerxes II) was king of Persis in the 1st century BC, a vassal state of the Parthian Empire.[1] An inscription written in Middle Persian on a silver cup bears his name.[1] He was succeeded by Wahsir.[1]
| Ardakhshir II | |
|---|---|
_II._1st_century_BC.jpg) Silver drachma of Ardakhshir II. | |
| King of Persis | |
| Reign | c. 1st century BC |
| Predecessor | Darayan II |
| Successor | Wahshir |
| Father | Darayan II |
| Religion | Zoroastrianism |
References
edit- ^ a b c Wiesehöfer 2009.
Sources
edit- Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh (2007), "The Iranian Revival in the Parthian Period", in Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh and Sarah Stewart (ed.), The Age of the Parthians: The Ideas of Iran, vol. 2, London & New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., in association with the London Middle East Institute at SOAS and the British Museum, pp. 7–25, ISBN 978-1-84511-406-0.
- Shayegan, M. Rahim (2011). Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–539. ISBN 9780521766418.
- Sellwood, David (1983), "Minor States in Southern Iran", in Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.), Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 3, London: Cambridge UP, pp. 299–322, ISBN 9780521200929
- Wiesehöfer, Josef (2000). "Frataraka". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 2. p. 195.
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