Ardashir (king of Marv)

Coin of Ardashir

Ardashir (Middle Persian: ) was a Sasanian prince, who ruled Marv from ca. 240 to 262. He was either a brother or son of the Sasanian king Ardashir I (r. 224-242), who had installed him as the ruler of Marv, which was the outpost of his empire in the north-east.

Sources

Frye, R. N. (1984). The History of Ancient Iran. C.H.Beck. pp. 1–411. ISBN 9783406093975.
Frye, R. N. (1993). "The Political History of Iran under the Sasanians". In Bayne Fisher, William; Gershevitch, Ilya; Yarshater, Ehsan; Frye, R. N.; Boyle, J. A.; Jackson, Peter; Lockhart, Laurence; Avery, Peter; Hambly, Gavin; Melville, Charles. The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20092-X.

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