Wadfradad II, Hellenized as Autophradates II, was a dynast (frataraka) of Persis in the late 2nd-century BC, ruling sometime after 138 BC. He was appointed as frataraka by the Parthian king Mithridates I (r. 171–132 BC), who granted him more autonomy, most likely in an effort to maintain healthy relations with Persis as the Parthian Empire was under constant conflict with the Saka, Seleucids, and Characene.[1][2] The coinage of Wadfradad II shows influence from the coins minted under Mithridates I.[3] Wadfradad II was succeeded by Darayan I, the first of the Kings of Persis.
| Wadfradad II | |
|---|---|
_II_of_Persis,_Istakhr_mint.jpg) Coin of Wadfradad II, Persepolis mint | |
| Frataraka of Persis | |
| Reign | after 138 BC – after 132 BC |
| Predecessor | Wadfradad I |
| Successor | Darayan I |
| Died | after 138 BC |
| Religion | Zoroastrianism |
References
edit- ^ Wiesehöfer 2000, p. 195.
- ^ Shayegan 2011, p. 178.
- ^ Sellwood 1983, p. 304.
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- Shayegan, M. Rahim (2011). Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–539. ISBN 9780521766418.
- Sellwood, David (1983), "Minor States in Southern Iran", in Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.), Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 3, London: Cambridge UP, pp. 299–322
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- Wiesehöfer, Josef (2009). "Persis, Kings of". Encyclopaedia Iranica.