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Babak or Babek may refer to: People * Papak or Babak (c. 222), Persian prince and father (or stepfather) of Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire * Babak (Sasanian general) (6th century) * Babak Khorramdin (c. 795/798–838), Iranian rebel leader Places * Babek (city), Babek Rayon, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan ** Babek Rayon, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan * Babak, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Babak, Hormozgan, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Babak Fort or Babak Castle, northwestern Iran * Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman Province, Iran ** Shahr-e Babak, capital of the county * Babak River, a river in Lombok, Indonesia Other uses * Babak (given name) * Babek (film), ''Babek'' (film), a 1979 Azerbaijani film * Babek (ballet), ''Babek'' (ballet), a ballet by Agshin Alizadeh See also * Bibek * Bobak {{Disambiguation, geo, hn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papak
Pabag (, ''Pāpak/Pābag''; New Persian: ''Bābak'') was an Iranian prince who ruled Istakhr, the capital of Pars, from 205 or 206 until his death sometime between 207 and 210. He was the father, stepfather, grandfather, or father-in-law of Ardashir I, the founder of the Sasanian Empire. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Shapur. Background and state of Pars Pars (also known as Persis), a region in the southwestern Iranian plateau, was the homeland of a southwestern branch of the Iranian people, the Persians. It was also the birthplace of the first Iranian Empire, the Achaemenids. The region served as the center of the empire until its conquest by the Macedonian king Alexander the Great (). Since the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 2nd century BCE, Pars has been ruled by local dynasties subject to the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. These dynasts held the ancient Persian title of '' frataraka'' ("leader, governor, forerunner"), which is also attested in the Acha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |