Cyrus I
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Key facts
- Reign
- 600–580 BC
- Predecessor
- Teispes
- Successor
- Cambyses I
- Died
- 580 BC, Anshan
- Burial
- 580 BC, Gur-e-Dokhtar
- Spouse
- Parsumaš
- Issue
- Cambyses I , Arukku
- Dynasty
- Achaemenid ( Teispid )
- Father
- Teispes
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
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Cyrus I (Old Persian: Kuruš) or Cyrus I of Anshan or Cyrus I of Persia, was King of Anshan in Persia from c. 600 to 580 BC or, according to others, from c. 652 to 600 BC. Cyrus I of Anshan is the grandfather of Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II. His name in Modern Persian is کوروش, Kūroš, while in Greek he was called Κῦρος, Kȳros.
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