Figure Iranian traditions
Cyrus the Great
کوروش بزرگ fa
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)
- Child of Cambyses I and Mandane of Media
- Married to Cassandane, Amytis, Neithiyti
- Dated c. 600 BCE – 530 BCE
Great King
King of Kings
Offices on record
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Life
Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
What this means
As the records give them: every row is a third party’s statement, not a self-description, and a role or an affiliation is often held for one period of a life only. An affiliation is not a belief, and this site does not ask anyone about theirs. For an office: which one, for how long, and where the records give an ordinal or the holders either side. Recognition of a tenure is never universal: contested lines appear as overlapping tenures rather than as one corrected sequence.
Offices held 2
- 559 BCE – 530 BCE Great King jurisdiction: Achaemenid Empire Succeeded Cambyses I · Succeeded by Cambyses II
- 559 BCE – 530 BCE King of Kings jurisdiction: Achaemenid Empire Succeeded Cambyses I · Succeeded by Cambyses II
Family
The family of Cyrus the Great
Parents, spouses and children as the records give them.
Documented family only. A teacher, a successor or a patron is never drawn in this tree.
The family as a list · 11
Family 11
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a religious affiliation held by the whole house · continuous rule · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (father) Cambyses I King of Anshan in Iran from c. 580 to 559 BC and the father of Cyrus the Great
- child of (mother) Mandane of Media princess of Media and Queen consort of Cambyses I of Anshan and mother of Cyrus the Great
- of the house Achaemenid dynasty Achemenid dynasty of Persia (705–330 BC)
- parent of (child) Artystone Persian princess
- parent of (child) Atossa Persian Achaemenid empress (550–475 BC)
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parent of (father) Bardiya Son of Cyrus the Great (died c. 522 BC) -
parent of (father) Cambyses II The second Achaemenid emperor (530–522 BC) - parent of (child) Roxane Daughter of Kyros II
- married to Amytis daughter of Astyages, Queen of the Persian Achaemenid Empire
- married to Cassandane Queen consort of the Achaemenid Empire
- married to Neithiyti 6th century BCE Egyptian princess, daughter of the Saite king Apries
Texts
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
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Bible
collection of sacred books in Judaism and Christianity -
Isaiah
book of the Bible -
Book of Ezra
book of the Bible -
Second Book of Chronicles
book of the Christian Old Testament corresponding to the second half of the Book of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible -
Cyropaedia ↗
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Cyrus the Great in the Quran ↗
Also in films, games and series: Civilization VI
Connections
How Cyrus the Great connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Succession in office 1
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply parentage · discipleship · an explanation of why the succession happened
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Identification 3
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Documented influence 1
What this means
A transmission argued from evidence. Not shared symbols, and not a short path through a database.
Does not imply shared symbols as evidence · a short path through a database
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
25 statements on this record
- 25 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 2 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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