Narseh

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Narseh was a Sasanian king of Persia in the early 4th century, known for his inscriptions and rock reliefs and for briefly restoring imperial strength before being defeated by the Romans.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Narseh canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sasanian king ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthPlace Persia ⓘ
capital Ctesiphon ⓘ
cededTerritoryTo Roman Empire ⓘ
commissioned rock relief at Naqsh-e Rajab ⓘ
linked to: Naqsh-e Rajab

rock relief at Naqsh-e Rustam ⓘ
conflict Roman–Sasanian War of 296–299 ⓘ
country Sasanian Empire ⓘ
culture Sasanian ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire
deathPlace Persia ⓘ
dynasty Sasanian dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
ethnicity Iranian ⓘ
linked to: Iranian peoples
father Shapur I ⓘ
historicalPeriod 3rd century ⓘ
4th century ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Greek ⓘ
Middle Persian ⓘ
Parthian ⓘ
linked to: Parthian language
knownFor Paikuli inscription ⓘ
brief restoration of Sasanian imperial strength ⓘ
conflict with the Roman Empire ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
rock reliefs ⓘ
language Middle Persian ⓘ
lostBattleTo Galerius ⓘ
mother Denag ⓘ
name Narseh ⓘ
notableWork Paikuli inscription ⓘ
opponent Diocletian ⓘ
Galerius ⓘ
policy support of Zoroastrian clergy ⓘ
predecessor Bahram III ⓘ
regionRuled Iran ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
reignEnd 302 ⓘ
reignStart 293 ⓘ
relative Ardashir I ⓘ
Shapur II ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
royalHouse House of Sasan ⓘ
linked to: Sasan
signedTreaty Peace of Nisibis (299) ⓘ
styleOfRule centralized monarchy ⓘ
succeededToThroneBy coup against Bahram III ⓘ
successor Hormizd II ⓘ
title King of Kings of Iran and non-Iran ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Naqsh-e Rostam → hasReliefOf → Narseh ⓘ
Hormizd I → notableRelative → Narseh ⓘ
Narseh → name → Narseh ⓘ
Bahram II → successor → Narseh ⓘ
Yazdegerd I → child → Narseh ⓘ