Shapur Mihran (Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 𐭬𐭲𐭥), known in Armenian sources as Shapuh Mihran (Armenian: Շապուհ Միհրան), was a Sasanian nobleman from the House of Mihran. He served as the marzban of Persian Armenia briefly in 482.
a title equivalent to General. Notable generals from the Mihran clan included: ShapurMihran, who served as the marzban of Persian Armenia briefly in...
actions against the Sasanians, while ShapurMihran managed to regain control of Armenia. However, ShapurMihran was shortly ordered to return to the Sasanian...
the Iranian magnates, most notably Sukhra and the Mihranid general ShapurMihran. Balash (484–488) was a mild and generous monarch, and showed care towards...
being able to act as king-makers. The magnates—most notably Sukhra and ShapurMihran—elected Peroz's brother, Balash, as the new shahanshah. Order would...
treasurer; Shapur served as the commander of the army; Arshtat Mihran served as the secretary; Zik served as the "master of ceremonies". Under Shapur, the Iranian...
the Iranian magnates, most notably Sukhra and the Mihranid general ShapurMihran. Immediately after ascending the throne, Balash sought peace with the...
rebelling against Khosrow II. Bahram had three sons: Shapur, Mihran Bahram-i Chobin and Noshrad. Shapur continued to oppose the Sasanians and later joined...
Raham Mihran was a powerful Iranian military officer from the House of Mihran. He is first mentioned during the Sasanian dynastic struggle of 457-459...
ShapurMihran was returning to Ctesiphon, allowing the Armenians regain control of the Arax river during winter. In the spring of 484, ShapurMihran returned...
sent an army under ShapurMihran, which defeated the Armenian rebels, killing Sahak. Vahan then fled to the mountains, while Shapur regained control of...
Shapur of Ray was a Sasanian military officer from the Mihran family. The city Ray in his name was the seat of the Mihran family. According to Abu Hanifa...
Rūmīzān, Rumbūzān (al-Tabari, Tarikh). Shahrbaraz belonged to the House of Mihran, one of the Seven Parthian clans; he was the son of a certain Ardashir....
refer to: Shapur of Rey, also known as Sabur al-Razi, Sasanian military officer from the Mihran family, Marzban of Persian Armenia 483–4 Mihran Razi (died...
famed military commander of Hormizd IV (r. 579–590), was from the House of Mihran. The seven houses with their respective main fiefs and ruling-family seats...
Zarmihr shortly delivered the Armenian captives to another general named ShapurMihran, who delivered them to Izad Gushnasp at Bolberd. After this event, Izad...
he gave is not to be taken literally. In 590, a member of the House of Mihran, Bahram Chobin repelled the newly ascended Sasanian ruler Khosrow II from...
one of the seven great houses of the Sasanian Empire. Like the House of Mihran, their seat laid at Ray, which made the German scholar Theodor Nöldeke suggest...
besieged Ctesiphon. Piruz managed to survive and along with Nakhiragan, Mihran Razi and Hormuzan, including the rest of the survivors, regrouped at Bavel...
Sasanian king (shah) Shapur II (r. 309–379). According to the Iranologist Touraj Daryaee, Merena's real name may have been Mihrān, thus making him a member...
from the House of Mihran who was descended from Bahram Chobin, the famous spahbed of the Sasanian Empire. Siyavakhsh was the son of Mihran Bahram-i Chubin...
who with the aid of one of the Seven Great Houses of Iran, the House of Mihran, and the eastern neighbours of the Sasanians, the Hephthalites, had him...
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