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Kavadh I

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1st Reign488–496
Parents Peroz I
2nd Reign498/9–531
Children Khosrow I
Khosrow III
Kawus
Xerxes
Jamasp
BooksSasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran
The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 363-628
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Kavadh I Life story


Kavad I was Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 488 to 531, with a two or three-year interruption. A son of Peroz I, he was crowned by the nobles to replace his deposed and unpopular uncle Balash.

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