Bahram
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Bahrām or Vahrām meaning "smiting of resistance" or "victorious", may refer to:
  • Bahrām
    Vahram
    Verethragna is an Avestan language neuter noun literally meaning "smiting of resistance" . Representing this concept is the divinity Verethragna, who is the hypostasis of "victory", and "as a giver of victory Verethragna plainly enjoyed the greatest popularity of old" .The neuter noun verethragna...

    , the Zoroastrian divinity that is the hypostasis of victory.

Historic people

  • one of the Sassanid
    Sassanid Empire
    The Sassanid Empire , known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr and Ērān in Middle Persian and resulting in the New Persian terms Iranshahr and Iran , was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty from 224 to 651...

     kings by that name:
    • Bahrām I
      Bahram I
      Bahram I was the fourth Sassanid emperor of the second Persian Empire. He was the eldest son of Shapur I and succeeded his brother Hormizd I , who had reigned for only a year....

      , r. 273-276.
    • Bahrām II
      Bahram II
      Bahram II was the fifth Sassanid King of Persia in 276–293. He was the son of Bahram I .Bahram II is said to have ruled at first tyrannically, and to have greatly disgusted all his principal nobles, who went so far as to form a conspiracy against him, and intended to put him to death...

      , r. 276-293
    • Bahrām III
      Bahram III
      Bahram III was the sixth Sassanid King of Persia and son of Bahram II. He was appointed viceroy to the region of Sakasthan after Bahram II's conquest of it sometime in the 280's CE....

      , r. 293.
    • Ardashir II
      Ardashir II
      Ardashir II was the tenth Sassanid King of Persia from 379 to 383.He is believed by some to be the son and by others to be the brother of his predecessor, Shapur II...

      , r. 379–383, who also went by the name 'Ardashir Vahram'.
    • Bahrām IV
      Bahram IV
      Bahram IV was twelfth Sassanid King of Persia , son and successor of Shapur III of Persia , under whom he had been governor of Kerman; therefore he was called Kermanshah Bahram IV was twelfth Sassanid King of Persia (388–399), son and successor of Shapur III of Persia (383–388), under whom he had...

      , r. 388–399.
    • Bahrām V Gōr
      Bahram V
      Bahram V was the fourteenth Sassanid King of Persia . Also called Bahram Gur or Bahramgur , he was a son of Yazdegerd I , after whose sudden death he gained the crown against the opposition of the grandees by the help of Mundhir, the Arab dynast of al-Hirah.- Reign and war with Rome :Bahram V...

      , r. 421–438 (often known as Bahram Gur).
    • Bahrām VI Čōbīn
      Bahram Chobin
      General Bahrām Chobin was a famous Eran spahbod during the late 6th century in Persia, usurping the Sassanid throne for a year as Bahram VI .- Life :...

      , r. 590-591.
  • Armenian king Gushnasp Vahram, r. 509/514-518.
  • Vahram Pahlavouni
    Vahram Pahlavouni
    Vahram Pahlavouni was an Armenian army commander and Prince of Bjni and Nik in Bagratuni Armenia. He was the head of the noble family of Pahlavouni, who held the hereditary title of sparapet in the Bagratuni kingdom of Ani....

     an Armenian army commander.
  • Muiz ud din Bahram
    Muiz ud din Bahram
    Muiz ud din Bahram was the sixth sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty . He was the son of Shams ud din Iltutmish and brother of Razia Sultan . While his sister was in Bathinda, he declared himself king with the support of forty chiefs...

    , the sixth sultan of Delhi

Other

  • racehorse Bahram
    Bahram (horse)
    Bahram was an Irish-bred English-trained racehorse who was undefeated in his racing career winning the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, St. Leger Stakes and Epsom Derby which earned him the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.-Breeding:...

    , the 1935 Triple Crown Champion of British Thoroughbred Racing.
  • the Persian language name for the planet Mars
    Mars
    Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...

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  • Bahram Nouraei (rapper)
    Bahram Nouraei (rapper)
    Bahram Nouraei , also known as Bahram Divar, is an Iranian rapper and poet based out of Tehran, Iran.- Beginning :Bahram’s first foray into the underground hip-hop world was in 2001, when he and three of his friends joined together and established "G.A.P."...

    , hip-hop artist based out of Tehran, Iran.
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