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Hormizd I Kushanshah (277-286 CE), also Ohrmazd I, was a Kushano-Sasanids Kushanshas ruler, in effect a governor of the Sassanid Empire for the eastern regions of Sogdiana, Bactria and Gandhara which had been captured following the fall of the Kushans in 225 CE. His coins were minted at Kabul, Balkh, Herat, and Merv.

He was probably a son of Sasanian king Bahram I and brother of Bahram II.

He issued coins with the title Kushanshahanshah ("King of kings of the Kushans"), probably in defiance of imperial Sasanian rule. Some of his coins imitate Kushan coinage, with king standing in Kushan military dress on the obverse, and deity Oēšo (Shiva) on the reverse. Other coins however follow more closely the Sasanian pattern, with a king being portrayed in the Sasanian style, and with fire altar or deity on the reverse.

Hormizd I Kushanshah seems to have led a rebellion against contemporary emperor Bahram II (276-293 CE) of the Sasanian Empire, but failed. According to the Panegyrici Latini (3rd-4th century CE), there was a rebellion of a certain Ormis (Ormisdas) against his brother Bahram II, and Ormis was supported by the people of Saccis (Sakastan). Hormizd of Sakastan may or may not be identical with him.

References

1. ^ The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3, E. Yarshater p.209 sq
2. ^ Shahbazi 2004.

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• Kushanshahs
• 3rd-century monarchs in Asia
• 3rd-century Iranian people
• Rebellions against the Sasanian Empire
• Sasanian dynasty