Mihr Narseh
| Mihr Narseh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4th century Abruwan, Ardashir-Khwarrah, Pars |
| Died |
5th century Abruwan, Ardashir-Khwarrah, Pars |
| Allegiance |
 Sasanian Empire |
| Rank | Wuzurg framadār |
| Battles/wars |
Roman–Sasanian War (421–422) Battle of Avarayr |
Mihr Narseh, was a powerful Iranian nobleman from the House of Suren, who served as minister (wuzurg framadār) of the Sasanian Empire during the reigns of the Sasanian kings Yazdegerd I (399-420), Bahram V (420–438), Yazdegerd II (438–457) and Peroz I (457–484).
Biography
Mehr-Narseh was born in the 4th-century in the village of Abruwan in the rural district of Dasht-e Barin in the administrative division of Ardashir-Khwarrah, in southwestern Pars. He belonged to the Suren Parsig family, a branch of the House of Suren which had settled in Pars. He was the son of a certain Boraza, who may have owned Dasht-e Barin as part of his fief.[1]
In the early 5th-century, Mihr Narseh had a bridge built in Gor. A inscription was also written on the bridge, which says; "This bridge was built by order of Mihr-Narseh, wuzurg framadār, for his soul's sake and at his own expense... Whoever has come on this road let him give a blessing to Mihr-Narseh and his sons for that he thus bridged this crossing."[2] Furthermore, he also founded four villages with a fire-temple in each of them. The name of the fire-temples were; Faraz-mara-awar-khwadaya, Zurwandadan, Kardadan, and Mahgushnaspan. He had a fifth fire-temple constructed in Abruwan, which may have been the Barin fire-temple that the 10th-century Persian geographer Estakhri visited, who stated that the fire-temple had an inscription that stated 30,000 dirhams was spent for its construction.[1]
Mihr Narseh later retired to Pars.[1] He may have been succeeded by Suren Pahlav. He had three sons named Zurwandad, Kardar, and Mahgushnasp.
References
- 1 2 3 Daryaee 2012.
- ↑ Perikhanian 1983, pp. 661-662.
Sources
- Daryaee, Touraj (2012). "MEHR-NARSEH". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
- Perikhanian, A. (1983). "Iranian Society and Law". The Cambridge History of Iran: The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian periods (2). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 627–681. ISBN 978-0-521-24693-4.
- Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
- Gazerani, Saghi (2015). The Sistani Cycle of Epics and Iran’s National History: On the Margins of Historiography. BRILL. pp. 1–250. ISBN 9789004282964.