King of Anshan

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King of Anshan was an early royal title held by Cyrus the Great as ruler of the ancient Elamite region of Anshan in southwestern Iran, preceding his founding of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical office
royal title
appliesToJurisdiction Anshan
associatedWithEthnicGroup Elam
surface form: Elamites

Persians
chronologicalPrecedenceOver title King of Persia
country Anshan
describedBySource Babylonian chronicles
Cyrus Cylinder
endTime 6th century BC
followedBy Shahanshah of Persia
surface form: King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire

King of Persia
follows earlier Elamite kingship
governmentForm monarchy
hasCapital Anshan
hasHistoricalRegion Fars
Susiana
hasInfluenced later Achaemenid royal ideology
hasPart control over the city of Anshan
rule over surrounding territory in Fars region
hasPredecessorEntity Elamite kingdom of Anshan
hasRoleIn transition from Elamite to Persian rule in Fars
hasSuccessorEntity Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Achaemenid Persian Empire
hasType territorial kingship
heldBy Cyrus the Great
inception early 1st millennium BC
languageOfWorkOrName Elamite
Old Persian
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Elam
southwestern Iran
partOf Elamite political system
early Achaemenid polity
positionHeldBy Cambyses I
Cyrus I
Cyrus the Great
surface form: Cyrus II

Teispid dynasty rulers
region southwestern Iranian plateau
religionAssociatedWith Elamite religion
ancient Iranian religion
saidToBeTheSameAs King of Anzan
significantEvent integration into Achaemenid royal titulature
precedes foundation of the Achaemenid Empire
temporalCoverage pre-imperial period of Cyrus the Great
usedAs dynastic title of early Achaemenids
usedBy Cyrus the Great
usedIn royal inscriptions of Cyrus the Great

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King of Media relatedTitle King of Anshan
Cyrus the Great title King of Anshan
King of Persia title King of Anshan
subject surface form: Cyrus the Great