"'Phraates'" is the
Greek
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transliteration of
Parthian Farhad.
Five kings of
Parthian Empire
The Parthian Empire (), also known as the Arsacid Empire (), was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe ...
were named Phraates (,
Parthian: ''Frahāt,
Persian: Farhad (فرهاد'')
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Phraates I c. 176–171 BC
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Phraates II c. 132–127 BC
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Phraates III c. 69–57 BC
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Phraates IV c. 38–2 BC
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Phraates V (Phraataces) c. 2 BC–AD 4
See also
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Farad (disambiguation)
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Farhad, the modern Persian form of the name
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