Baranes V the Wild Ass ~ Shah of Iran
M, ( - 439)
| Father-Biological* | Yazdegerd I ~ Shah of Iran d. 421 |
| Mother-Biological* | Sashandukht |
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Last Edited=7 Mar 2024
Baranes V the Wild Ass ~ Shah of Iran was the son of Yazdegerd I ~ Shah of Iran and Sashandukht. He persecuted the Christians, which lead to war with Rome. Baranes V was defeated in 422, and granted the same toleration to Christians as Zoroastrians received in the Roman Empire.1 Baranes was crowned the Shah of Iran in 430.1 He is mentioned in The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
He died in 439.
XVII
They say the Lion and the Lizard keep
The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep;
And Bahram, that great Hunter---the Wild Ass
Stamps o'er his Head, and he lies fast asleep.1
They say the Lion and the Lizard keep
The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep;
And Bahram, that great Hunter---the Wild Ass
Stamps o'er his Head, and he lies fast asleep.1
He died in 439.
Child of Baranes V the Wild Ass ~ Shah of Iran
- Yazdegerd II ~ Shah of Iran+ ( - 457)
Citations
- Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa, Fourth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.