Gochihr

Gochihr (also spelled Gozihr) was a Persian dynast from the Bazrangid dynasty, who ruled Istakhr in the early 3rd-century. He was killed in 205/6 by the Persian prince Papak at the urging of his son Ardashir I, who would later establish the Sasanian Empire.

Sources

• Al-Tabari, Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir (1985–2007). Ehsan Yar-Shater, ed. The History of Al-Ṭabarī. 40 vols. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
• Miri, Negin (2009). Historical Geography of Fars during the Sasanian Period (PDF). Sasanika (University of Sydney). pp. 1–65.
• Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002). The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD). New York and London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-14687-9.