Biography of Bahram Chubin, son of Bahram Gashnesp

According to Bahram ChubinHe was a descendant of Parthian kings

Bahram Chubinthe Sassanid general and claimant to the throne during the time of Hormuz IV, who sat on the royal throne for a short time, and finally he was mixed with legends and epics, and in Iranian traditions, the name Bahram Chubin has become famous Due to the fact that he is not considered to be from the Sassanid family, he is sometimes mentioned in the list of Sassanid kings and he was given the title of Bahram VI.

An abstract of Bahram Chubin's biography

Name: Bahram Chubin

Birthplace: Ray

Iranian nationality

Other names: Vahram Chobin, Bahram Sixth and Hram Chobine

Religion: Mazdasna

Died: 591

Biography of Bahram Chubin

Bahram Chobin, who is known by other names such as Vahram Chobin, Bahram VI and Hram Chobina, is the son of Bahram Ghashensep. The Mehran family is considered as one of the seven prominent Sassanid families, and Bahram Chobin was one of this family. The reason for Bahram's popularity in Chubin is because of his tall and thin body. The story of Bahram was written by an anonymous author who says that in addition to being a hero in war, Bahram had good qualities and was a man as a young man.

Bahram Chubin's wars and conquests

For the first war between Iran and the Turks, Bahram Chubin chose twelve thousand horsemen, all of whom were over forty years old, while the number of the Turkish king's army was three hundred thousand, who continued the war until Herat and Badghis. The reason for choosing the number of people in Bahram's Corps was because Iranians considered the number twelve very sacred and in several other wars in the mythical history of Iran, twelve thousand people participated in the Corps, among these wars we can mention the War of Hamavaran. And the war of Esfandiar and the war of Godarz indicated that the Iranians had won all these wars. Even though Bahram had a small army, he was a brave general, but he was able to defeat Khaqan's army in the eastern borders and kill Saweh Shah. In addition to the fact that Bahram Chubin had won incredible loot in this war, he forced the Turks to pay him a ransom.

Bahram Chobin is from the Mehran family, this family was one of the seven prominent Sassanid families

Hormuz IV was worried about Bahram Chubin's victory in the war with the Turks and immediately sent Bahram to the Byzantine war in Armenia and the South Caucasus. The general command of the Iranian forces against Byzantium was in the hands of Bahram Chubin, who was defeated by the Byzantine forces. Hormuz, who intended to break Bahram's pride and was pleased with this defeat; For him, the duke sent women's clothes and sacked him from the command of the army, but Bahram was able to pay his army's pain in front of the insult that Hormuz had done to him. In this way, he made his army his accomplice against Hormuz and rebelled against Hormuz with their encouragement.

Bahram Chubin and confrontation with Khosro Parviz Sasani

When Khosrow Parviz sat on the throne instead of his father (Hormoz IV), Bahram Chubin's dispute with him began. There are two quotes about Bahram Chubin's disagreement with Khosror Parviz: in one of the quotes, when Bahram was defeated by the Romans; Hormuz IV sent him a woman's dress, which made Bahram Chubin very angry, so he started a rebellion.

Defeat of Bahram Chobin from Khosrow Parviz

According to Bahram Chubin, he was a descendant of Parthian kings; For this reason, he never intended to follow Khosrow Parviz because he himself wanted to be a king. Because he had a strong army, he called himself king and Khosrow Parviz fled. Bahram came triumphantly to the capital and during the coronation ceremony, he chose his name as Bahram VI. During his one-year reign, Bahram made all kinds of conspiracies. Wendy, the uncle of Khosrow Parviz, was released from prison by the elders and was elected as the leader of Bahram's opposition. Finally, Vendavi went to his brother named Gastham in Azerbaijan and helped Khosrow Parviz.

After the defeat of Bahram Chobin, Khosrow Parviz fled to the Eastern Roman Empire, where he married the daughter of Byzantium Moricius, who was the king of Rome, and attacked Iran with the army that his father-in-law provided for him, and defeated Bahram Chobin in the Azerbaijan War. gave When Bahram Chubin was defeated by Khosrow Parviz, he took refuge in the Eastern Khagans who were hostile to the Khagans who invaded Iran.

Finally, Bahram Chubin and how he died

In 591 AD, Bahram Chubin, after losing the final battle with Khosrow and his troops, fled to the Turks along with his remaining troops and was received by Khan Turk with great kindness, but he did not mention this Khan Turk in Persian sources. . Probably, this Khan is the ruler of the Eastern Turkish Khaganate, who started a war with the Western Turkish Khaganate, and maybe because of this, he gave shelter to Bahram Chubin.

Khosrow Parviz sent gifts to Khaqan Sharqi's wife to provoke her to kill Bahram. Eastern Rome occupied large parts of Iran, such as Armenia, Georgia and some Christian cities named Amida and Nasibin, in return for its help to Khosrow Parviz. After Bahram's death, Khaqan Turk proposed to his sister named Gardiyeh, but Bahram's sister requested him. He did not accept it and removed the troops that had come to the Turks with Bahram and sent them back to Iran. The day of Bahram Chubin's death coincided with the fifth of May 592 AD and he died in Khorasan.

In 591 AD, Bahram Chubin was defeated by Khosrow in a battle

Iranian people are affected by reading the biography of Bahram Chobin. Bahram's story is written in a legend in Pahlavi language, which is used in the works of Arab and Iranian historians, especially Ferdowsi.

Bahram Chubin Gorge

On the west side of the Shahr Valley-Pol Dokhtar road, one of the most important narrow and strategic valleys is the Bahram Chubin Gorge. This gorge is also known as Shikargah Bahram and has many valuable works in the entrance, forehead and heights. This collection of works, which is made of stone and plaster, is from the Sassanid era and ends in the depths of the gorge and its hard-to-pass areas in the forest heights of Kabirkoh. On the stone walls and difficult passage points inside the gorge, in addition to natural terraces and stone steps, there are four water reservoirs carved into hard rocks. The approximate sides of each of these reservoirs are 3×3 meters and their depth is 3 meters and 3×2 at a depth of 2.5 meters with stone gutters.

Bahram Chubin Gorge is one of the most important narrow and very high valleys on the Shahr-Poldakhtar valley road

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