Narsi

Narsi or Narse (Middle Persian: 𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩), was an Iranian nobleman who served as the Sasanian governor of Kaskar.

Biography

Narsi is first mentioned in 628, he, along with his brother Mah-Adhur Gushnasp, was the son of a certain Jushnas (Gushnasp), and an unnamed Ispahbudhan noblewoman, who was the sister of Vistahm and Vinduyih. In 628, during the reign of Ardashir III, Narsi was granted with Kaskar as a part of his domains, while his brother Mah-Adhur Gushnasp was elected as minister of the empire, and administered the empire greatly. One year later, just when stability and peace seems to have begun, Shahrbaraz rebelled with a force of 6,000 men, and marched towards Ctesiphon and besieged the city.

Shahrbaraz, however, was unable to capture the city, and then made an alliance with Piruz Khosrow, the leader of the Parsig faction, and the previous minister of the Empire during the reign of Ardashir's father, Kavadh II. He also made an alliance with Namdar Jushnas, the spahbed of Nemroz. Shahrbaraz, with the aid of these two powerful figures, captured Ctesiphon, and executed Ardashir III, along with Mah-Adhur Gushnasp, the brother of Narsi. Forty days later, Shahrbaraz was murdered by Farrukh Hormizd, a relative of Narsi, who then made Borandukht, the daughter of Khosrau II, ascend the throne.