Bahram VII

Prince Bahram ( Pahlavi: Vahram / ​​Warahrān of Avestan: Verethragna, Persian: بهرام, Chinese: Alouhan; † 710), son of the murdered 651 AD Sassanid king Yazdegerd III. and brother Peroz III. He left Iran after the Arab invasion and the fall of Sassanidenreichs and moved to China, where he pleaded with his brother, the Chinese Emperor Gaozong (r. 649-683 ) to support in the fight against the Arabs with a part of the Iranian nobility. He repeatedly tried to recapture the occupying power held by the Arab Persian territories, which he was not able.

In the Middle Persian Literature him the poem Abar Madan i Vahram i Warjāwand which in addition to the hope of the people for the liberation of Iran by Prince Bahram and contempt for the Muslim is ( "Over the coming of disposing of wonderful power of Bahram " ) dedicated to belief, the bitterness of the occupation policy expresses. So is it to read in part: " When will a messenger come from India / (to say ) that King Vahram arrived from the tribe of Kianiden / ... / What we saw ( suffered ) by the Arabs hand (:) / with? a troop, they weakened the religion and killed the kings / our king among those Iranians / Their religion is in the nature of the demons. "

The son of Bahram Prince, Prince Khusrau ( Chinese: Juluo ), continued his father's military efforts. However, his campaign and his first successful foray into Persia were eventually also unsuccessful.