Mithridates_V_of_Parthia

Mithridates V of Parthia

Mithridates V of Parthia

Parthian contender for the throne from 129 to 140

Mithridates V (Parthian: 𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕 Mihrdāt) was a Parthian contender from 129 to 140. Sources claim he was either a son of Pacorus II[1] or a brother of Osroes I.[2][3] His son, Vologases IV of Parthia (147–191), took the throne after the death of Vologases III in 147.

Coin of Mithridates V, Ecbatana mint

References

  1. [1]
    John Malalas, Chronographia, Book 11, 1-6; seeː A. D. H. Bivar, The Political History of Iran under the Arsadis, in: E. Yarshater (editor), The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3: The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanid Periods, Part 1, 1981, ISBN 978-0-521-20092-9, p. 91
  2. [2]
    André Verstandig, Histoire de l'Empire parthe (-250 à 227), Bruxelles, Le Cri Histoire édition, 2001
  3. [3]
    "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".

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Mithridates V of Parthia
Preceded by King of the Parthian Empire
129–140		 Succeeded by


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