Bardia or Bardiya (Auld Persie: 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹[1] Bardiya;[2] Ancient Greek: Σμέρδις Smerdis) (possibly died 522 BC) wis a son o Cyrus the Great an the younger brither o Cambyses II, both Persie keengs.

Bardia or Bardiya
Keeng o Persie
Pharaoh o Egyp
Keeng o Persie
Ring522 BC
PredecessorCambyses
SuccessorDarius I
BornPasargadae
Dee'dPasargadae
Buirial522 BC
SpousePhaidyme
IssueParmys
DynastyAchaemenid
FaitherCyrus II (the Great)
MitherCassandane
ReleegionZoroastrianism

References eedit

  1. Akbarzadeh, D.; A. Yahyanezhad (2006). The Behistun Inscriptions (Old Persian Texts) (in Persian). Khaneye-Farhikhtagan-e Honarhaye Sonati. p. 59. ISBN 964-8499-05-5.
  2. Kent, Ronald Grubb (2005). Old Persian: Grammar, Text, Glossary (in Persian). translated into Persian by S. Oryan. p. 395. ISBN 964-421-045-X.