Parthian noble families

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The Parthian noble families or the Seven Parthian Clans or simply called the Seven Houses , were seven feudal aristocracies of Parthian origin who were allied with the Sassanid court.

history

Of the seven houses, only two - the house of the Suras and the house of the Karen - can be traced back to the Parthian Empire based on documented sources . Bringing the remaining five back to the Parthian era "in all likelihood does not match reality." It cannot be ruled out that some of the houses linked their geneaology to the Parthian kings or the Parthians in order to highlight the ages of their families.

During the Sassanid period, the seven feudal houses played a significant role in the Sassanid court. Bahram Tschobin , a military commander under Hormizd IV. (579-590), was from the house of the Mihran .

The houses

The seven houses with their main fiefdoms and mansions were:

• the house of the Ispahbudhan , from Hyrcania (Gorgan)
• the house of the Varaz , from east Khorasan
• the house of the Karen , from Nahavand and Hyrcania (Gorgan)
• the house of the Mihran , from Rey
• the house of the Spandiyadh , from Rey
• the house of the Zik , from Adurbadagan
• the house of the suras , from Sakastan

See also

• Dabuyids
• Bawandids , from the house of the Ispahbudhan
• Masmughanen , of the Karen house
• Justanids
• Samanids , from the house of the Mihran
• Zajidis
• Sallarids
• Ciyarids
• Buyiden
• Chosroids , from the house of the Mihran
• Kakuyids

Individual evidence

1. ↑ VG Lukonin: Political, Social and Administrative Institutions. In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Cambridge History of Iran. 3.2, Cambridge University Press, London 1983, pp. 681-747.
2. ↑ Parvaneh Pourshariati: Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. IB Tauris, London 2008.
3. ↑ Parvaneh Pourshariati: Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. IB Tauris, London 2008.
4. ↑ Ehsan Yarshater: Esfandīār (2) . In: Ehsan Yarshater (ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica . Volume 8 (6), pp. 592–593 (English, including references)
5. ↑ Parvaneh Pourshariati: Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. IB Tauris, London 2008.