Iranian aristocrat, marzban of Merv, Sasanian Empire (7th century AD)
Māhōē Sūrī, known in Islamic sources as Māhūy Sūrī, was an Iranian aristocrat, who served as the marzbān (general of a frontier province, "margrave") of Marv during the reign of the last Sasanian king of kings Yazdegerd III (r. 632–651).
MāhōēSūrī, known in Islamic sources as Māhūy Sūrī, was an Iranian aristocrat, who served as the marzbān (general of a frontier province, "margrave") of...
whilst the Cambridge History of Iran states that the miller was sent by MahoeSuri. Regardless, the death of Yazdegerd marked the end of the Sasanian Empire...
governor of Merv and ordered Baraz, the son of MahoeSuri, to give absolute control of the city over to him. Mahoe, however, disobeyed him. Farrukhzad then...
Marv; in his way to merv he stayed in gonabad Mahoe envoy warmly received them in gonabad. MahoeSuri used opportunity to secretly plot with the Hephthalite...
received by MahoeSuri, the marzban of Merv, however, upon arrival Yazdegerd appointed his courtier Farrukhzad as marzban and ordered that Mahoe give absolute...
king Yazdegerd III was murdered by under the orders of his own general, MahoeSuri, which marked the end of the Sasanian dynasty. However, Abarshahr continued...
and Yazdegerd III had been assassinated under the orders of his servant MahoeSuri, an aristocrat from the Suren family, who served as the governor (marzban)...
with a miller, who killed him to obtain his jewelry on the orders of MahoeSuri. The narration of Al-Baladhuri in Kitab Futuh al-Buldan suggests that...