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Also Known As Darayavaush
Died 404 BCE • Babylon • Iraq
Title / Office king (423BC-404BC), Persia
House / Dynasty Achaemenian dynasty
Notable Family Members father Artaxerxes I • son Artaxerxes II • son Cyrus the Younger
Role In Peloponnesian War
Tissaphernes
Persian satrap
Cyrus II
Cyrus the Great
king of Persia
Darius I
Darius I
king of Persia
Xerxes I
Xerxes I
king of Persia
ʿAbbās I
ʿAbbās I
Ṣafavid shah of Persia
Khosrow I, crystal medallion, 6th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Khosrow I
king of Persia
Khosrow II
Khosrow II
king of Persia
Shāpūr II, gold coin, 4th century; in the British Museum, London.
Shāpūr II
king of Persia
Artaxerxes II
king of Persia
Kavadh I
king of Persia
Cambyses II
king of Persia
Ardashīr I, coin, 3rd century; in the British Museum
Ardashīr I
Sāsānian king
Cyrus The Younger
Persian prince
Darius III
king of Persia
Shāpūr I
king of Persia
Artaxerxes III
king of Persia
Megabyzus
Achaemenian general
Rashīd al-Dīn: Ghaznavids in Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh
Rashīd al-Dīn
Persian statesman
Artaxerxes I
king of Persia
Mardonius
Persian general

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