Bahram I.

Bahram I ( Persian بهرام Bahrām [ bæɦrɔ ː m]; † 276) was 273-276 Persian Great King.

Bahram was a son of the great king Shapur I, who entrusted him with the administration of the province gellan. After his brother 's death Bahram I. Hormizd 273 took over the rule of the Sassanid Empire, but the chronology of his reign is controversial. His brother Narseh, who had been actually provided by Shapur I. to succeed Hormizd, however, had left behind. Bahram confirmed the honors that the mobad (priest) Katir, the innovator of Zoroastrianism, was given to his brother Hormizd. The followers of other religions - Christians, Buddhists or the partisans of the religious founder Mani - he was pursuing at times. Mani was taken I. trapped in the reign of Bahram and died in prison. In the Manichaean sources Bahram is also described as a staunch opponent of Mani and his teaching.

About foreign policy processes, for example through conflicts with Rome or with the tribes on the north-eastern boundary, nothing is known of the sources for this period.