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The earliest securely historical Achaemenid ruler is Cyrus I, king of Anshan in the second half of the seventh century BC. [20] The Achaemenids united all Persian tribes under Cyrus I's son Cambyses I. Under Cambyses I's son, Cyrus II, the Achaemenids defeated the Medes and established the Achaemenid Empire, [20] the largest ever Iranian state. [7]
Killed by Persian aristocrats The Great King, King of Kings, Pharaoh of Egypt: Darius the Great – 550 BC Son of Hystaspes: 522–486 BC 486 BC
Cyrus II the Great or Cyrus (III), his son, king of Anshan 559–529. He conquered the Median Empire in 550 and established the Persian Empire. Line of Ariaramnes; Ariaramnes of Persia, son of Teispes (II), king of Persia. His reign is doubtful. Arsames of Persia, son of Ariaramnes, king of Persia until 550, died after 520. His reign is doubtful.
Of these, the Pasargadae are the most noble and include the family of Achaemenids, the Kings of Persia, who are descendants of Perseus. [5] Darius the Great, in an effort to establish his legitimacy, later traced his genealogy to Achaemenes, Persian "Haxāmaniš ". [6]
The title King of Kings was prominently used by kings such as Darius the Great (pictured). The full titulature of Darius was Great King, King of Kings, King of Persia, King of the Countries, Hystaspes' son, Arsames' grandson, an Achaemenid. Chandragupta I of Gupta, generally known as Maharajadhiraja, i.e., the king of kings.
See also Argead and Seleucid dynasty for the foreign rulers over Persia 330- 247 BC BC. Arsaces I c. 247–211 BC (In some histories, Arsaces's brother Tiridates I is said to have ruled c. 246–211 BC.)
The Persians have kings who are subject to other kings, formerly of the kings of Macedonia, but now to the kings of the Parthians. — Strabo XV 3.24 [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The Parthian Empire then took control of Persis under Arsacid king Mithridates I (ca. 171–138 BC), but visibly allowed local rulers to remain, and permitted the emission of coinage ...
Kings of Persis: 132 BC–224 AD: Indo-Parthian Kingdom: 19 AD–224/5: ... Shah of Persia: 1 Shah Ismail I: 1487–1524 July 1501 [a] 23 May 1524 Safavid. 2 Shah ...