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8. | Baranes V "Wild Ass", King of Persia (son of Yazdegerd I, King of Persia and Sashandukht); died in 439. Other Events and Attributes:
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In 430, he was crowned the King of Persia.
He persecuted the Christians, which lead to war with Rome. Baranes V was defeated in 422, and granted the same toleration to Christians as Zoroastrians received in the Roman Empire.
He is mentioned in The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
XVII
They say the Lion and the Lizard keep
The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep;
And Bahram, that great Hunter---the Wild Ass
Stamps o'er his Head, and he lies fast asleep.
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