Mihrdat IV of Iberia
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Mihrdat IV of the Chosroid Dynasty
, was the king of Iberia
(Kartli
, eastern Georgia
) from c. 409 to 411.
He was the son of Varaz-Bakur II and the grandson (on his mother’s side) of Trdat
. The Georgian chronicles criticizes him for impiety and neglect of religious building, and informs us that he opposed both major regional powers, the Roman
and Sassanid empires. Defeated by the Sassanid army, he was captured and deported to Iran
, where he died.
Chosroid Dynasty
The Chosroids were a dynasty of the kings and later of the presiding princes of the early Georgian state of Iberia, natively known as Kartli, from the fourth to the ninth centuries. Of Iranian origin and a branch of the Mihranid House, the family accepted Christianity as their official religion c...
, was the king of Iberia
Caucasian Iberia
Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli , corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia...
(Kartli
Kartli
Kartli is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari , on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role in ethnic and political consolidation of the Georgians in the Middle Ages...
, eastern Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
) from c. 409 to 411.
He was the son of Varaz-Bakur II and the grandson (on his mother’s side) of Trdat
Trdat of Iberia
T'rdat |Latinized]] as Tiridates), of the Chosroid Dynasty, was the king of Iberia from c. 394 to 406.According to the Georgian chronicles, he was a son of Rev, son of Mirian III, the first Christian king of Iberia...
. The Georgian chronicles criticizes him for impiety and neglect of religious building, and informs us that he opposed both major regional powers, the Roman
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
and Sassanid empires. Defeated by the Sassanid army, he was captured and deported to Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, where he died.