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Peroz (Kidarite)

Peroz, was according to modern scholarship an early Kidarite ruler in Gandhara, right after the end of Kushano-Sasanians.

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The rule of the Kushano-Sasanians ended in the mid-4th century CE, when they lost their territories to the invading Kidarites Huns. Peroz was a successor of the first Kidarite ruler Kirada, and the immediate predecessor of the famous Kidarite ruler Kidara. He was previously thought to be one of the last of the Kushano-Sasanids Kushanshas rulers. He minted his own coinage and used the title of Kushansha, ie "Kings of the Kushans". Siege of Amida (359 CE) Historian Khodadad Rezakhani suggests that Peroz was at the Siege of Amida in 359 CE, where a Kidarite army under Grumbates is known to have supported the Sasanian army of Shapur II in besieging the city held by the Romans. In his account of the siege, Ammianus Marcellinus describes in detail the costume, and in particular the headgear of one of the besieging rulers: ==Coinage in the style of the Kushano-Sasanians==
Coinage in the style of the Kushano-Sasanians
Besides his coins in the Kushan style, Peroz issues silver and gold coinage in the Sasanian style, in which he often retains the name of Kushano-Sasanian ruler Varahran I, but in which Varahran is shown wearing a characteristic Sasanian headgear with the addition of two ram horns. File:HUNNIC TRIBES, Kidarites. Peroz. Circa 395-425 CE.jpg|Coin of Peroz. Gandhara mint. Obverse: Bust facing, wearing crown with ram's horns surmounted by korymbos and ribbons. Brahmi legend Pi-ro./ Reverse: Fire altar flanked by two attendants. ==References==
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