Māhōē Sūrī, known in

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ic sources as Māhūy Sūrī, was an

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aristocrat, who served as the '' marzbān'' (general of a frontier province, "

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") of Merv during the reign of the last Sasanian king of kings Yazdegerd III (r. 632–651).

Biography

Mahoe was probably from the House of Suren, one of the seven Parthian clans of the Sasanian state. During the Islamic invasion of Iran, Yazdegerd III went to refuge in Marv; when he arrived to the city along with his army chief Farrukhzad, Mahoe warmly received them. However, Farrukhzad did not stay for long and mutinied against Yazdegerd and left the city. Mahoe used this opportunity to secretly plot with the Hephthalite ruler Nizak against Yazdegerd, who, however, discovered the plot and fled from Mahoe's residence. He was eventually assassinated in a mill by an assassin sent by Mahoe. Meanwhile, the Muslims were seizing eastern parts of the fallen Iran, and Mahoe was in the end forced to make peace with the Muslims and pay tribute. During the reign of the

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Ali (656–661), a complaint about Mahoe's '' dehqans'' not paying tribute was sent to the latter, who then went to Kufa in

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. However, during Mahoe's arrival to the city, the inhabitants of Khorasan, who disliked the governorship of Mahoe, revolted. After this, Mahoe is no longer mentioned in any source.

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* * * {{Shahnameh House of Suren Governors of the Sasanian Empire People from Merv Rulers of Khorasan Generals of Yazdegerd III 7th-century Iranian people