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Artaxerxes, Ardasir, and Bahman. (ancient Persian King Artaxerxes II; founder of ancient Sasanian Empire; Kayanid King; three figures who influenced the development of the Zoroastrianism religion in Iran)
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Islamic sources and "ninth-century" Pahlavi books firmly link Ardasir, the founder of the Sasanian empire, to the legendary late Kayanid king, Bahman. This connection was a central element in the Sasanian revolutionary ideology that included the revival of Zoroastrianism. I propose that Artaxerxes II, to demonstrate his dedication to Zoroastrianism and to Vohu Manah, assumed the epithet Vahuman (Greek [Greek text omitted]). Six centuries later, championing Zoroastrianism, Ardasir harked back to the memory of Artaxerxes under that theophoric epithet.
Artaxerxes ([Greek text omitted]) is the ...
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