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Balash was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 484 to 488. He was the brother and successor of Peroz I, who was defeated and killed by the Hephthalites.
Drachma of Balash, minted in Susa
Hephthalites
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The Hephthalites or Ephthalites also known as of Badakhshan Khorasan, sometimes called the White Huns, were a people who lived in Central Asia during the 5th to 8th centuries CE, part of the larger gr
Balash
…was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 484 to 488. He was the brother and successor of Peroz I (r. 459–484), who was defeated and killed by the Hephthalites. Balāsh (بلاش) is the New Persian form of the Middle Persian Wardākhsh/Walākhsh (Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭥𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭧𐭱𐭩 wrdʾḥšy; late Book Pahlavi forms…
Hephthalite tamgha
Another painting of the Tokharistan school, from Tavka Kurgan. It is closely related to Balalyk tepe, "especially in the treatment of the face". Termez Archaeological Museum.
The Hephthalites used the Bactrian script (top), an adaptation of the Greek script (bottom). Here, their endonym Ebodalo, "Hephthalites".
Hephthalite-style couple at a banquet, with man in single-lapel caftan. Inscription: "Dhenakk, the son of xwn (Hun)". Bactria, second half of the 5th century CE. St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.