Gushnaspdad
Sign in to saveGushnaspdād, known in Byzantine sources as Gousanastadēs (), was a Sasanian nobleman, who was kanarang during the reign of Balash (r. 484–488), and Kavad I (r. 488–531).
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- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Sasanian Empire
- Place of death
- Ctesiphon
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Military branch
- Sasanian military
- Military rank
- Kanarang
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- date of death
- 0488-00-00
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- date of birth
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Gushnaspdād, known in Byzantine sources as Gousanastadēs (), was a Sasanian nobleman, who was kanarang during the reign of Balash (r. 484–488), and Kavad I (r. 488–531).
==Biography== Gushnaspdad first appears in 496, as one of the supporters of Jamasp. After Balash's accession, Gushnaspdad urged the Sasanian noblemen to execute Kavad I, the brother of Jamasp. He is reportedly said to have told the Sasanian noblemen while holding a knife: "You see this knife, how extremely small it is; nevertheless it is able at present time to accomplish a deed which, be assured, my dear Persians, a little later two myriads of mail clad men could not bring to pass."
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