Hephthalite Empire
He first appears in 484, when Peroz I appoints him as the minister ("wuzurg framadār") of the empire. Peroz I was defeated and killed the same year during a campaign against the Hephthalite Empire, which seized much of the empire's eastern territory. Sukhra then avenged Peroz I by invading Hephthalite territory and inflicting a major defeat on them.