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Arsames lived to see his grandson, Darius I, become the Great King of the Persian Empire, though he died during his reign. Arsames and his son Hystaspes are noted as being alive in 522 BC, [4] indicating that he had survived well into old age. His name (AršΔma) translates to "having a hero's strength". [6]
Darius the great king, king of kings, king of countries, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid. King Darius says: This is the kingdom which I hold, from the Sacae who are beyond Sogdia to Kush, and from Sind (Old Persian: ππ‘ππ’πΊ, "Hidauv", locative of "Hiduš", i.e. "Indus valley") to Lydia (Old Persian: "Spardâ") – [this is] what ...
Darius (Old Persian: ππ πΌπΉπΊπ’π DΔrayavaΚ°uš; Ancient Greek: ΔαρεαΏος Dareios; c. 485 – 465 BCE), was crown prince of the Persian Empire. He was the eldest son of the Persian king Xerxes I and his wife Amestris. His younger brothers were Hystaspes and Artaxerxes, and his younger sisters were Rhodogune and Amytis.
Xerxes I (/ Λ z ΙΛ r k Λ s iΛ z / ZURK-seez [2] [a] c. 518 – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, [4] was a Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC. He was the son of Darius the Great and Atossa, a daughter of Cyrus the Great.
He was the father of Darius I, king of the Achaemenid Empire, and Artabanus, who was a trusted advisor to both his brother Darius as well as Darius's son and successor, Xerxes I. The son of Arsames , Hystaspes was a member of the Persian royal house of the Achaemenids.
Son of Yazdegerd III, lived in exile in China (Tang dynasty) and led Iranian resistance against the Arabs. Recognized by the Tang dynasty as "king of Persia". [106] Ruled a Tang-supported Iranian kingdom in Sistan or Tokharistan [107] 661–674. [108] Narsieh (Narseh III) 678/679 [105] –after 708/709 [109] (over 20 years) Son and successor of ...
Location of Bactria within the Persian Empire. Masistes (Old Persian πΆπ°π‘ππ«, Maθišta; Greek ΜασΞ―στης, MasístΔs; Old Iranian *Masišta; [1] died c. 478 BC) was a Persian prince of the Achaemenid Dynasty, son of king Darius I (reign: 520-486 BC) and of his wife Atossa, and full brother of king Xerxes I (reign: 486-465 BC).
Teïspes (from Greek ΤεΞσπης, TeispΔs; in Old Persian: π¨π‘ππ±π‘π [2] Δišpiš; Akkadian: π π πΏπ Šîšpîš, [3] Elamite: Zi-iš-pi-iš) [4] ruled Anshan in 675–640 BC. He was the son of Achaemenes of Persis and an ancestor of Cyrus the Great. [4] There is evidence that Cyrus I and Ariaramnes were both his ...