List of shahanshahs of the Sasanian Empire
List of shahanshahs
The table below lists Sasanian shahanshahs and titles used by them. Titles used by the Sasanian shahanshahs was: Padishah, i.e.

List of shahanshahs of the Sasanian Empire

Section Title: List of shahanshahs
Table Section Text: The table below lists Sasanian shahanshahs and titles used by them. Titles used by the Sasanian shahanshahs was: Padishah, i.e.

#	Shahanshah	Coin or statue	Reigned from	Reigned until	Relationship to Predecessor	Notes

House of Sasan

1	Ardashir I	-	224	February 242	—	Declared himself as Shahanshah after defeating Artabanus IV of Parthia at the Battle of Hormizdegan Died of natural causes in 242 Also known as Artaxares and Artaxerxes

2	Shapur I	-	12 April 240	May 270	Son	Co-ruled with his father since 12 April 240 Died of natural causes in May 270 Also known as Sapores or Sapor

3	Hormizd I	-	May 270	June 271	Son	Reigned only for 1 year Also known as Oromastes

4	Bahram I	-	June 271	September 274	Brother	Committed the persecution of Manichaeism, including the death of Mani Died of disease/natural causes in September 274

5	Bahram II	-	274	293	Son	Died of natural causes in 293

6	Bahram III	-	293	293	Son	Possibly executed during the uprising which had been led by his own grand uncle Narseh

7	Narseh	-	293	302	Grand-uncle	Enthroned after seizing power from Bahram III in a rebellion led against him Also known as Narses or Narseus

8	Hormizd II	-	302	309	Son	Enthroned after abdicating the throne from his father

9	Adur Narseh	-	309	309	Son	Deposed by Sasanian nobles because of his cruelty

10	Shapur II	-	309	379	Brother	After the death of his brother, Adarnases, Shapur II was still in his mother's womb when he was crowned. Also known as Sapor II

11	Ardashir II	-	379	383	Brother	Died of natural causes in 384

12	Shapur III	-	383	388	Nephew

13	Bahram IV	-	388	399	Son

14	Yazdegerd I	-	399	420	Son

15	Shapur IV	-	420	420	Son

16	Khosrow	-	420	420	Cousin

17	Bahram V	-	420	438	Cousin

18	Yazdegerd II	-	438	457	Son

19	Hormizd III	-	457	459	Son

20	Peroz I	Iran, ladjvard, mazandaran, busto di un re sasanide, bronzo, V-VII sec. ca..JPG	457	484	Brother

21	Balash	-	484	488	Brother	Two rebellions rose from two of Peroz's sons (his nephews) The first rebellion was from Zarir, but he was unsuccessful and executed The second rebellion was from Kavad, who at first unsuccessful requested help from Hephthalites

22	Kavad I	-	488	496	Nephew	Enthroned after leading a rebellion against his uncle Balash with assistance from Hephthalites

23	Jamasp	-	496	498	Brother

24	Kavad I	-	498	531	Brother	Restored to the throne with the aid of Zarmihr Karen and the Hephthalites

25	Khosrow I	-	531	579	Son

26	Hormizd IV	-	579	590	Son

27	Khosrow II	-	590	590	Son	Rebelled against his father and proclaimed himself as king of Persia, however he was then overthrown by Bahram Chobin

House of Mihran

28	Bahram VI Chobin	-	590	591	Rebel	Rebelled against Hormizd IV and Khosrow II and proclaimed himself to be king

House of Sasan

29	Khosrow II	-	591	628	Son of Hormizd IV	Restored as Sasanian king after defeating Bahram Chobin

House of Ispahbudhan

30	Vistahm	-	591	595	Uncle	Uncle of Khosrow II Founded the city of Bastam

House of Sasan

31	Kavad II	-	628	628	Son	Enthroned after killing his father and eighteen brothers Died after a few months of reign

32	Ardashir III	-	628	629	Son

House of Mihran

33	Shahrbaraz	-	27 April 629	17 June 629	General	Participated at the Siege of Constantinople (626)

House of Sasan

34	Khosrow III	-	629	629	Nephew of Khosrow II	Briefly ruled in Khorasan as rival king

35	Boran	-	17 June 629	16 June 630	Daughter of Khosrow II	Daughter of Khosrow II One of two only women who attained the Sasanian throne

36	Shapur-i Shahrvaraz	-	630	630	Son of Shahrbaraz and a sister of Khosrow II

37	Peroz II	-	630	630	Descended from Khosrow I

38	Azarmidokht	-	630	631	Daughter of Khosrow II	Daughter of Khosrow II and sister of Boran Second woman to attain the Sassanid throne

House of Ispahbudhan

39	Farrukh Hormizd	-	630	631	General

House of Sasan

40	Hormizd VI	-	630	631	Usurper

41	Khosrow IV	-	631	631	Brother of Peroz II

42	Farrukhzad Khosrow V	-	March 631	April 631	Son of Khosrow II

43	Boran	-	631	632	Daughter of Khosrow II	Was restored to the Sasanian throne

44	Yazdegerd III	-	632	651	Grandson of Khosrau II	Enthroned through a series of internal conflicts and murders The Muslim conquest of Persia began in his first year of reign

Destruction of the Sassanid Empire

Peroz III	-	651 (In exile)	679 (In exile)	Son	Retreated to Chinese territory where he served as a Tang General Served as the head of the Governorate of Persia, an exiled extension of the Sassanid court

Narsieh	-	679 (In exile)	Unknown	Son	Served as a Tang general, like his father

Bahram VII	-	Unknown	710 (in exile)	Son of Yazdegerd III

Khosrau VI	-	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Known to have fought against Islamic forces in Transoxiana alongside the Sogdians and Turks c. 728-729 Last known direct descendant of Yazdegerd III, it is unclear whether he was Peroz III or Bahram VII's son

Sentence(s)

Ardashir I (r. 224–242) is the founder of the Sassanian Empire.

final_sentence: Ardashir I (r. 224–242) is the founder of the Sassanian Empire.