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Bagadat was one of several Iranian dynasts known to have ruled in Persis in the late third and early second century BC with the title of frataraka - an old Achaemenid Persian term for a governor.
Persis, home of the Achaemenid dynasty, obtained autonomy from Seleucid rule in the early third century BC and maintained a semi-independent existence as a vassal state of the Parthian Kingdom for the next five centuries. The historical record is virtually nonexistent, with the sub-kingdom's coinage providing virtually all we know about the ruling dynasty. The first quasi-independent prince was reputedly a Persian nobleman named Baykard; his son, known variously as Bayadad or Bagadat, was the first ruler to strike his own coins.
Bagadat or Bayadad, was a 'frataraka - Keeper of the Fire', and a governor for the Seleukids, ruling as a priest-king at Istakhr in the former Achaemenid heartland, the territory of Persis [Fars], after Alexander's conquests. He was the first indigenous Persian satrap to be appointed - or at least tolerated - by the Seleukids, who held the higher administrative posts tightly within the Greco-Macedonian circle that was headed by the 'Companions' and their heirs. On the reverse of this coin, Bagadat is depicted standing in front of a Zoroastrian fire-altar. Bagadat seems to have asserted his independence about 280 BC, exploiting the turmoil after the death of Seleukos I.
Persis, home of the Achaemenid dynasty, obtained autonomy from Seleucid rule in the early third century BC and maintained a semi-independent existence as a vassal state of the Parthian Kingdom for the next five centuries. The historical record is virtually nonexistent, with the sub-kingdom's coinage providing virtually all we know about the ruling dynasty. The first quasi-independent prince was reputedly a Persian nobleman named Baykard; his son, known variously as Bayadad or Bagadat, was the first ruler to strike his own coins.
Bagadat or Bayadad, was a 'frataraka - Keeper of the Fire', and a governor for the Seleukids, ruling as a priest-king at Istakhr in the former Achaemenid heartland, the territory of Persis [Fars], after Alexander's conquests. He was the first indigenous Persian satrap to be appointed - or at least tolerated - by the Seleukids, who held the higher administrative posts tightly within the Greco-Macedonian circle that was headed by the 'Companions' and their heirs. On the reverse of this coin, Bagadat is depicted standing in front of a Zoroastrian fire-altar. Bagadat seems to have asserted his independence about 280 BC, exploiting the turmoil after the death of Seleukos I.