Xšayāršā

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Xšayāršā is the Old Persian name of Xerxes I, the Achaemenid king who ruled the Persian Empire in the early 5th century BCE and led the famous invasion of Greece.

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Xšayāršā canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid king ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
attestedInSource Biblical texts (as Ahasuerus, traditionally) ⓘ
Greek historiography ⓘ
Herodotus' Histories ⓘ
linked to: works of Herodotus

Old Persian royal inscriptions ⓘ
battle Battle of Artemisium ⓘ
Battle of Mycale ⓘ
Battle of Plataea ⓘ
Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ
burialPlace tomb at Naqsh-e Rostam ⓘ
capital Persepolis ⓘ
Susa ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 5th century BCE ⓘ
child Artaxerxes I ⓘ
Darius (son of Xerxes I) ⓘ
Hystaspes (son of Xerxes I) ⓘ
linked to: Hystaspes
correspondsTo Xerxes I ⓘ
countryRuled Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
culture Achaemenid Persian ⓘ
deathCause assassination ⓘ
deathYear 465 BCE ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
father Darius I ⓘ
linked to: Darius I of Persia
grandfather Cyrus the Great ⓘ
knownFor Second Persian invasion of Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars

construction projects at Persepolis ⓘ
expansion and consolidation of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
invasion of Greece ⓘ
languageOfName Old Persian cuneiform ⓘ
meaningOfName ruling over heroes ⓘ
memberOfDynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
mother Atossa ⓘ
nameInLanguage Old Persian ⓘ
notableBuildingActivity completion of the Gate of All Nations at Persepolis ⓘ
construction at the Apadana of Persepolis ⓘ
palace complex at Persepolis ⓘ
notableEvent suppression of revolts in Babylon ⓘ
suppression of revolts in Egypt ⓘ
positionHeld King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
predecessor Darius I ⓘ
linked to: Darius I of Persia
reignEnd 465 BCE ⓘ
reignStart 486 BCE ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism (likely) ⓘ
linked to: Zoroastrianism
romanizedAs Xerxes ⓘ
linked to: Xerxes I
spouse Amestris ⓘ
successor Artaxerxes I ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xerxes I → alsoKnownAs → Xšayāršā ⓘ