Key facts
- Predecessor
- Hormizd II
- Successor
- Shapur II
- House
- House of Sasan
- Father
- Hormizd II
- Mother
- Ifra Hormizd
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sasanian Empire
- Father
- Hormizd II
- Mother
- Ifra Hormizd
- Sibling
- Hormizd
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
- Family
- Sasanian dynasty
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- date of death
- 0309-00-00
- date of birth
- 0250-00-00
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Adhur Narseh
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Encyclopedic overview
Adur Narseh was the ninth Sasanian King of Kings of Iran briefly in 309. Following his father's death, the nobles and Zoroastrian clergy saw an opportunity to gain influence within the Empire. Thus, they murdered Adur Narseh, blinded one of his brothers and forced another brother (Hormizd) to flee. He was succeeded by his infant brother Shapur II.
Adur Narseh is only mentioned in some Greek sources, while oriental sources make no mention of him, and none of his coins have yet been found. The credibility of these Greek sources regarding Adur Narseh is questioned by Nikolaus Schindel, who believes that Adur Narseh probably never ruled.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adhur Narseh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.