Azarmi wick

Coin of the Azarmidocht with the portrait of her father Chosrau II on the left

Azarmidocht or Azarmeducht (Persian Āzarmīdoḵt - also known as Āzarmīgduxt and Azarmedukht - † probably 631/632) was a daughter of the Persian king Chosrau II . She was the second - and last - woman to ascend the throne of the Sassanid Empire ; her sister was Boran , who had preceded her as ruler.

After the death of her father Chosrau II, conditions appeared anarchic in the Sassanid Empire. The succeeding rulers could only hold onto the throne for a relatively short time, and we know little more about many than their names. In addition, our sources for this time are very unreliable and sometimes contradictory, so that the reign of Azaré-duchy cannot be precisely dated.

According to Tabari, she is said to have ruled for a few months in the year 630, but this leads to discrepancies with the data regarding her sister Boran, who she apparently succeeded to and who only died in 631. It probably only ruled for a few months, but probably in the period 631/632. During this time she also had coins minted, which was a royal privilege. In the Islamic sources she is also described as very beautiful and clever.

Tabari reports that General Farruch wanted to marry Hormizd Azarmeducht. However, the queen had him murdered when he wanted to become intimate with her, after which the general's son took the capital, Ctesiphon . According to Tabari, this son was Rostam Farrochzād , a future general of Yazdegerds III. who fell fighting the Arabs. Azarmeducht was blinded and then killed.

Hormizd V and Chosrau IV followed her to the throne at short intervals . Under King Yazdegerd III. , the last male offspring of the ruling family, the situation of the empire could then be stabilized again for a short time before this consolidation was brought to an abrupt end by the attacks of the Arabs since 636.

literature

Ph. Gignoux: Azarmigduxt . In: Encyclopædia Iranica . Volume 3 (1987), p. 190.
John Martindale: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire IIIa . Cambridge 1992, p. 160.
Antonio Panaino: Women and Kingship. Some remarks about the enthronization of Queen Boran and her sister Azarmigduxt . In: Josef Wiesehöfer , Philip Huyse (Ed.): Eran ud Aneran. Studies on the relations between the Sasanian Empire and the Mediterranean world . Stuttgart 2006, pp. 221-240.

Remarks

↑ Theodor Nöldeke : History of the Persians and Arabs at the time of the Sasanids. From the Arab Chronicle of Tabari. Translated and provided with detailed explanations and additions . Leiden 1879, p. 393f.
↑ Cf. Theodor Nöldeke: History of the Persians and Arabs at the time of the Sasanids. From the Arab Chronicle of Tabari. Translated and provided with detailed explanations and additions . Leiden 1879, p. 394.

predecessor	Office	successor
Boran from Persia	Queen of the New Persian Empire 631/632	Hormizd V.

personal data
SURNAME	Azarmi wick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Azarmigduxt; Azar addict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Daughter of the Persian King Chosrau II.
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH	at 632

[1] Theodor Nöldeke : History of the Persians and Arabs at the time of the Sasanids. From the Arab Chronicle of Tabari. Translated and provided with detailed explanations and additions . Leiden 1879, p. 393f.

[2] Cf. Theodor Nöldeke: History of the Persians and Arabs at the time of the Sasanids. From the Arab Chronicle of Tabari. Translated and provided with detailed explanations and additions . Leiden 1879, p. 394.