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Name:  Valkash
Brief biography:  Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire 484-488.
Nationality:  Sasanian
Occupation:  Emperor
Period of rule:  484-488

Valkash became Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire after the defeat and death of his brother, Peroz I, at the hands of the Hephthelites in 484. His reign was marked by revolts, most notably the Armenian separatist revolt under Vahan Mamikonian, and was ultimately overthrown, in 488, by Kavad I, a son of Peroz I.

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Valkash; Ahuramazd Artashir
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