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بلشاصر
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Belshazzar (Babylonian cuneiform: 96x96pxBēl-šar-uṣur, meaning "Bel, protect the king"; Bēlšaʾṣṣar) was the son and crown prince of Nabonidus (), the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Through his mother, he might have been a grandson of Nebuchadnezzar II (), though this is not certain and the claims to kinship with Nebuchadnezzar may have originated from royal propaganda.
Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Belshazzar
- Monarch.native_lang1_name1
- Bēl-šar-uṣur
- Monarch.dynasty
- Chaldean dynasty(matrilineal) (?)
- Monarch.native_lang1
- Akkadian
- Monarch.death_place
- Babylon (?)
- Monarch.death_date
- 12 October 539 BC (?)
- Monarch.title
- Crown prince of Babylon
- Monarch.father
- Nabonidus
- Monarch.mother
- Nitocris (?)(A daughter of Nebuchadnezzar II) (?)
- Monarch.caption
- The Nabonidus Chronicle, an ancient Babylonian text which chronicles the reign of Belshazzar's father and also documents the period during which Belshazzar was regent in Babylon
- Monarch.image
- Nabonidus chronicle.jpg
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Neo-Babylonian Empire
- Place of death
- Babylonia
- Child
- Vashti
- Father
- Nabonidus
- Sibling
- Bel-Shalti-Nanna
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- crown prince
- Religion
- Ancient Mesopotamian religion
- Followed by
- Darius the Mede
- Image
- Belshazzar’s feast, by Rembrandt.jpg
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- Commons category
- Belshazzar
- date of birth
- 0580-00-00
- date of death
- 0539-00-00
- present in work
- Book of Daniel
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Belshazzar
- different from
- Balthazar
- manner of death
- homicide
- ethnic group
- Arameans
- P8168
- Warsaw Confederation
- P12749
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