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Zamasp
Zamasp: king of Persia, ruling from 496 to 498/499, member of the Sasanian dynasty.
Main deeds:
- Name: Zamasp
- Beginning of reign: 496
- Successor of: Kavad I (first reign)
- Brother of Kavad, who replaced him when he was imprisoned by the Persian aristocracy
- End of reign: 498/499
- Succeeded by: Kavad I (second reign)
General Literature on Sasanian Persia
- Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia. The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2009)
- Josef Wiesehöfer, Das antike Persien. Von 550 v. Chr. bis 650 n. Chr. (1994)