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Bahram Chobin

600 - 592

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Bahrām Chōbīn (Persian: بهرام چوبین) or Wahrām Chōbēn (Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭; died 591), also known by his epithet Mehrbandak ("servant of Mithra"), was a nobleman, general, and political leader of the late Sasanian Empire and briefly its ruler as Bahram VI (r. 590–591). Son of general Bahram Gushnasp and hailing from the noble House of Mihran, Bahram began his career as the governor of Ray, and was promoted to the army chief (spahbed) of the northwestern portions of the empire after capturing the Byzantine stronghold of Dara, fighting in the war of 572–591. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bahram Chobin has received more than 220,253 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Bahram Chobin is the 289th most popular military personnel (up from 326th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Iran (up from 104th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Military Personnel.

Bahram Chobin was a Sasanian general who led the Sasanian army to victory against the Romans in the Battle of Edessa in 260.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bahram Chobin ranks 289 out of 2,058. Before him are Federico da Montefeltro, Titus Labienus, Nicolas Oudinot, Maurice de Saxe, Juan Pujol García, and Gerhard Barkhorn. After him are Wang Jian, Jiang Wei, Georges Picquart, Xiahou Dun, Uqba ibn Nafi, and Jonas Savimbi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Bahram Chobin ranks 17. Before him are Abraha, Maria al-Qibtiyya, Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Muadh ibn Jabal, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, and Pope Theodore I. After him are Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Pope Severinus, Rayhana bint Zayd, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, and Shahrbaraz. Among people deceased in 592, Bahram Chobin ranks 1. After him are Guntram, Saint Silvia, Emperor Sushun, and Faroald I of Spoleto.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Bahram Chobin ranks 100 out of 631. Before him are Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (1305), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933), Atossa (-550), Sogdianus of Persia (-500), Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah (873), and Mordecai (null). After him are Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Shahnaz Pahlavi (1940), Yazdegerd I (400), Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), Orodes II (-70), and Safi of Persia (1611).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Iran

Among military personnels born in Iran, Bahram Chobin ranks 3. Before him are Tughril (990), and Qasem Soleimani (1957). After him are Datis (-600), Harpagus (-700), Esmail Ghaani (1957), Hossein Salami (1960), Jalil Zandi (1951), Ahmad Vahidi (1958), Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), Nasser Shabani (1957), and Razi Mousavi (1962).

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