Mihr-Narseh
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Mihr-Narseh, was a powerful Iranian dignitary from the House of Suren, who served as minister of the Sasanian shahanshahs Yazdegerd I, Bahram V, Yazdegerd II and Peroz I. According to the Iranologist Richard N. Frye, Mihr-Narseh was the "prototype of the later Islamic grand vizier."
Inscription of Mihr-Narseh in Gor
Remains of Mihr-Narseh's bridge in Gor, present-day Firuzabad
Yazdegerd I
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Yazdegerd I was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 399 to 420. A son of Shapur III, he succeeded his brother Bahram IV after the latter's assassination.
5th-century plate of Yazdegerd I slaying a stag.
Drachma of Bahram IV (r. 388–399)
Solidus of Arcadius (r. 383–408)
Gold dinar of Shapur II (r. 309–379)