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)
Shapur IV
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Shapur IV, was king of Sasanian Armenia from 415 to 420, who briefly ruled the Sasanian Empire in 420. The only witnesses to this brief reign are the 5th century Armenian historians Łazar Pʿarpecʿi an
Yazdegerd I
…end at the hands of the nobility in the remote northeast. The nobles then sought to prevent Yazdegerd's sons from ascending the throne; his eldest son, Shapur IV, was quickly killed after his accession and replaced with Khosrow. Another son, Bahram V, hurried to the Sasanian capital of Ctesiphon with an Arab…
Drachm of Shapur IV minted during the reign of his father Yazdegerd I