Bahrām I

king of Iran
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Also known as: Varahran I, Verethraghna I
Quick Facts
Flourished:
3rd century ad
Flourished:
c.201 - c.300
Title / Office:
king (273-276), Persia
House / Dynasty:
Sasanian dynasty

Bahrām I (flourished 3rd century ad) was a Sāsānian king who reigned from 273–276. A son of Shāpūr I, during his father’s reign he governed the province of Atropatene. His succession to his brother Hormizd I strengthened the position of the Zoroastrian clergy and their high priest Kartēr, and at their insistence Bahrām imprisoned Mani, the founder of the antimaterialist, ascetic religion of Manichaeism. Subsequent religious persecution was directed not only at Manichaeans but at Christians and Buddhists as well. Bahrām, distinguished by his characteristic radiate crown, is portrayed on a rock sculpture at Bishāpūr (in southern Iran), although his ...(100 of 108 words)