Mesopotamia and its surroundings. Narsi is first mentioned in 628. He and brother
Mah-Adhur Gushnasp were the sons 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 Kashkar 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, Shahrbaraz, with the aid of these two powerful figures,
captured Ctesiphon, and executed Ardashir III and Narsi's brother Mah-Adhur Gushnasp. 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. After a period of coups and revolts,
Yazdegerd III was crowned as king of the Sasanian Empire in 632 at
Estakhr. With his accession, the civil war in Persia had ended. However, one year later, the
Muslim Arabs invaded Persia, and by 634, were getting close to Ctesiphon, the capital of the Sasanian Empire.
Rostam Farrokhzad, a relative of Narsi, then sent him along with Jaban to confront the Arabs at
Namaraq, a city near
Kufa. Narsi and Jaban, were, however, defeated. Narsi then fled along with his army to his territory at Kashkar. Rostam then ordered Narsi: "[Go] off to your estate and protect it from your enemy and our enemy. Be a man." Narsi then met the Arabs at near Kashkar, and was aided by the sons of
Vistahm, Tiruyih and Vinduyih, who commanded the flanks of Narsi's army. Shortly before the Sasanian army and the Arab army clashed, Rostam sent
Jalinus at the head of an Armenian army to aid Narsi. However, when he arrived to Kashkar, Narsi was defeated and had already fled. The Arabs then defeated the army of Jalinus. What happened to Narsi afterwards is not known. == References ==