Faghanish
Sign in to saveFaghanish was a Hephthalite prince, who was the ruler of Chaghaniyan in the mid-6th century. Originally a subordinate of the Hephthalite king, he became a vassal of the Sasanian Empire in c. 560 after the Hephthalite Empire was broken into several minor kingdoms when they suffered a crushing defeat to a combined Sasanian-Turkic army at Gol-Zarriun.
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Faghanish was a Hephthalite prince, who was the ruler of Chaghaniyan in the mid-6th century. Originally a subordinate of the Hephthalite king, he became a vassal of the Sasanian Empire in c. 560 after the Hephthalite Empire was broken into several minor kingdoms when they suffered a crushing defeat to a combined Sasanian-Turkic army at Gol-Zarriun.
== Biography == Faghanish was a descendant of the powerful Hephthalite king Khushnavaz, who had defeated and killed the Sasanian king (shah) Peroz I in 484. Faghanish served a local ruler of Chaghaniyan under the suzerainty of the senior Hephthalite king. In c. 560, a combined Sasanian and Turkic force defeated the Hephthalite king Ghadfar and his men at a place called Gol-Zarriun, near Bukhara in Sogdia. The Hephthalite Empire was destroyed as a result, and broke into several minor kingdoms, such as the one ruled by Faghanish in Chaghaniyan. Ghadfar and what was left of his men fled southward to Sasanian territory, where they took refuge. Meanwhile, the Turkic Yabgu Istemi reached an agreement with the Hephthalite nobility, and appointed Faghanish as the new Hephthalite king.
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