The Parthian Empire ruled over an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iran from the third century BC to the third century AD. It contained a varying number of subordinate semi-autonomous kingdoms each with its own ruler.
Ruler | Year |
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Rev I | 189 to 216 |
Vache | 216 to 234 |
Bacurius I | 234 to 249 |
Mithridates II | 249 to 265 |
Amazaspus III | 260 to 265 |
Aspacures I | 265 to 284 |
Name | Date | Family Relations | Note | |
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1 | Vahbarz I | beg. of 3rd century BC | ? | leader of a revolution against Seleucids (?) |
2 | Baykard | ? | Fratarakā dynasty | |
3 | Baydād (bgdt) | end of 3rd/ beg. of 2nd century BC | Fratarakā dynasty - son of Baykard | sub-Seleucid |
4 | Ardaxšīr I (rtḥštry) | 1st half of 2nd century | Fratarakā dynasty | sub-Seleucid |
5 | Vahbarz II (whwbrz - called Oborzos in Polyenus 7.40) | 1st half of 2nd century | Fratarakā dynasty | |
6 | Vādfradād I (wtprdt) | mid-3nd century BC | Fratarakā dynasty - son of Vahbarz | Vadfradad I and his successors were as sub-Parthian dynasts. |
7 | Vadfradad II | c. 140 | ? | |
8 | 'Unknown king I' (Syknlt?) | 2nd half of 2nd century | ? | |
9 | Darev I | end of 2nd century | ? | |
10 | Vadfradad III | 1st half of 1st century | ? | |
11 | Darev II | 1st century | son of Vadfradad III | |
12 | Ardashir II | 2nd half of 1st century | son of Darev II | killed by his brother Vahshir I |
13 | Vahshir I | 2nd half of 1st century | son of Darev II | |
14 | Pakor I | 1st half of 1st century AD | son of Vahshir I | |
15 | Pakor II | 1st half of 1st century | ? | |
16 | Nambed | mid-1st century | son of Ardashir II | |
17 | Napad | 2nd half of 1st century | son of Nambed | |
18 | 'Unknown king II' | end of 1st century | ? | |
19 | Vadfradad IV | 1st half of 2nd century | ? | |
20 | Manchihr I | 1st half of 2nd century | ? | |
21 | Ardashir III | 1st half of 2nd century | son of Manchihr I | |
22 | Manchihr II | mid-2nd century | son of Ardashir III | |
23 | Pakor III [6] | 2nd half of 2nd century | ? | |
24 | Manchihr III | 2nd half of 2nd century | son of Manchihr II | |
25 | Ardashir IV | end of 2nd century | son of Manchihr III | |
26 | Vahshir II | c. 206-210 AD | ? | The last of Bazarangids. |
27 | Shapur | beg. of 3rd century | Brother of the first Sasanian, Ardashir I | |
28 | Ardashir V | beg. of 3rd century | First Sasanian ruler, under the name of Ardashir I | |
In inscriptions found at Hatra, several rulers are mentioned, while other rulers are sporadically mentioned by classical authors.
They appear with two titles: the earlier rulers are called mry' (translation uncertain, perhaps administrator), the later ones mlk -king - see Kingdom of Hatra.
Name | Title | Date | Family Relations | Note | |
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1 | Worod | mry' | |||
2 | Ma’nu | mry' | |||
3 | Elkud | mry' | 155/156 AD | ||
4 | Nashrihab | mry' | 128/29 - 137/38 AD | ||
5 | Naṣru | mry' | 128/29 - 176/77 | ||
6 | Wolgash I | mry' and mlk - King | |||
7 | Sanatruq I | mry' and mlk - King | 176/177 AD | ruled together with Wolgash I | |
8 | Wolgash (II?) | son of Wolgash (I) | |||
9 | Abdsamiya | mlk - King | 192/93 - 201/202 AD | Supported the Roman emperor Pescennius Niger | |
10 | Sanatruq II | mlk - King | 207/08 - 229/230 AD | ||