father predecessor successor succession house death_date religion birth_date article_title name reign
manuel bagratuni unknown boutmah unknown shahrayeanpet marzban of hyrcania marzban of persian armenia house of bagratuni 616 or 617 christianity unknown smbat iv bagratuni
 smbat iv bagratuni Սմբատ Դ Բագրատունի 595 - 602 607 - 616/617
smbat iv bagratuni

smbat iv bagratuni -lrb- ; -rrb- was an armenian prince from the bagratuni dynasty who served first in the byzantine army before switching , ca. 595 , to the sasanian empire , where he had a distinguished military career and earned high honours until his death in 616/7 .
he was succeeded by his son , varaztirots .
