Kavad I

Kavad I

Kavad I (Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭥𐭠𐭲 Kawād; 473 – 13 September 531) was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 488 to 531, with a two or three-year interruption. A son of Peroz I (r. 459–484), he was crowned by the nobles to replace his deposed and unpopular uncle Balash (r. 484–488). Inheriting a declining empire where the authority and status of the Sasanian kings had largely ended, Kavad tried to reorganize his empire by introducing many reforms whose implementation was completed by his son and successor, Khosrow I. They were made possible by Kavad's use of the Mazdakite preacher Mazdak, leading to a social revolution that weakened the authority of the nobility and the clergy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kavad I has received more than 288,705 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Kavad I is the 1,815th most popular politician (up from 2,079th in 2019).

Kavad i is most famous for being a military commander who led the Kurdish army to victory against the Ottoman Empire.