Mehama was the king of Alchon Huns from 461 until his death in 493. He is little known, but the Talagan copper scroll mentions him as an active ruler making a donation to a Buddhist stupa in 492/93. A
Coin of Mehama, with portrait and fire altar with attendants on the reverse, in the style of Sasanian coinage.
Coin of Mehama, c. 461-493, in the style of the Kushans, Shiva on the reverse. Bactria mint
Bactrian language letter from "Meyam, King of the people of Kadag", dated to 461-462 CE.
The Kingdom of Rob was a small kingdom in Central Asia, in southern Bactria. It corresponds to the modern Rui in the Province of Samangan, modern Afghanistan. Numerous documents in the Bactrian langua
Mehama
…in the Talagan copper scroll. Mehama appears in a letter in the Bactrian language he wrote in 461–462 CE. The letter comes from the archives of the Kingdom of Rob, located in southern Bactria. In this letter he presents himself as: Meyam, King of the people of Kadag, the governor of the famous and prosperous King…
Contract in the Bactrian language from the archive of the kingdom of Rob, mentioning taxes from the Hephthalites. 483/484 CE