Mehr Narseh

Mihr Narseh
Born	4th century Abruwan, Ardashir-Khwarrah, Pars
Died	5th century Abruwan, Ardashir-Khwarrah, Pars
Allegiance	Sasanian Empire
Rank	Wuzurg framadār
Battles/wars	Roman–Sasanian War (421–422) Battle of Avarayr

Mihr Narseh (Middle Persian: Mihr Narsē), was a powerful Iranian nobleman from the House of Suren, who served as minister (wuzurg framadār) of the Sasanian Empire during the reigns of the Sasanian kings Yazdegerd I (r. 399-420), Bahram V (420–438), Yazdegerd II (r. 438–457) and Peroz I (r. 457–484).

Mehr-Narseh was born in the 4th-century in the village of Abruwan in the rural district of Dasht-e Barin in the administrative division of Ardashir-Khwarrah, in southwestern Pars. He was the son of a certain Boraza, who may have owned Dasht-e Barin as part of his fief.

In the early 5th-century, Mihr Narseh had a bridge built in Gor. A inscription was also written on the bridge, which says; "This bridge was built by order of Mihr-Narseh, wuzurg framadār, for his soul's sake and at his own expense... Whoever has come on this road let him give a blessing to Mihr-Narseh and his sons for that he thus bridged this crossing." Furthermore, he also founded four villages with a fire-temple in each of them. The name of the fire-temples were; Faraz-mara-awar-khwadaya, Zurwandadan, Kardadan, and Mahgushnaspan. He had a fifth fire-temple constructed in Abruwan, which may have been the Barin fire-temple that the 10th-century Persian geographer Estakhri visited, who stated that the fire-temple had an inscription that stated 30,000 dirhams was spent for its construction.

Mihr Narseh later retired in Pars. He may have been succeeded by Suren Pahlav. He had three sons named Zurwandad, Kardar, and Mahgushnasp.

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