Khshayarsha

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

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Label Occurrences
Khshayarsha canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid king ⓘ
Persian king ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
assassinatedBy Artabanus of Persia ⓘ
birthDate circa 518 BCE ⓘ
capital Persepolis ⓘ
Susa ⓘ
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
child Artaxerxes I ⓘ
Darius (son of Xerxes I) ⓘ
Hystaspes (son of Xerxes I) ⓘ
linked to: Hystaspes
conflict Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
Second Greco-Persian War ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars
countryRuled Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
deathDate 465 BCE ⓘ
era early 5th century BCE ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
father Darius I ⓘ
linked to: Darius I of Persia
grandfather Cyrus the Great ⓘ
hasNameInGreek Xerxes I ⓘ
hasNameInLatin Xerxes ⓘ
linked to: Xerxes I
hasNameInOldPersian Khshayarsha ⓘ
hasRegnalName Xerxes I ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Plataea ⓘ
Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ
Second Persian invasion of Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars

completion of the Gate of All Nations at Persepolis ⓘ
construction at Susa ⓘ
invasion of Greece ⓘ
large building projects at Persepolis ⓘ
languageUsed Old Persian ⓘ
memberOfDynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Herodotus' Histories ⓘ
linked to: works of Herodotus
mother Atossa ⓘ
notableWork royal inscriptions at Persepolis ⓘ
royal inscriptions at Susa ⓘ
positionHeld King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Shahanshah ⓘ
possiblyIdentifiedAs Ahasuerus ⓘ
linked to: King Ahasuerus
predecessor Darius I ⓘ
linked to: Darius I of Persia
reignEnd 465 BCE ⓘ
reignStart 486 BCE ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
spouse Amestris ⓘ
successor Artaxerxes I ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Xerxes I → alsoKnownAs → Khshayarsha ⓘ
Khshayarsha → hasNameInOldPersian → Khshayarsha ⓘ