Editing Bahram IV (section)

{{short description|Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 388 to 399}}
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| name        = Bahram IV<br>{{lang|pal|𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭}}
| title       = [[King of Kings of Iran and non-Iran]]{{efn|Also spelled "King of Kings of Iranians and non-Iranians".{{sfn|Yücel|2017|pp=332–333}}}}
| image       = Coin of Bahram IV (cropped), Herat mint.jpg
| caption     = [[Ancient drachma|Drachma]] of Bahram IV, minted at [[Herat]]
| succession  = [[List of shahanshahs of the Sasanian Empire|Shahanshah]] of the [[Sasanian Empire]]
| reign       = 388–399
| predecessor = [[Shapur III]]
| successor   = [[Yazdegerd I]]
| issue       = [[Khosrow (son of Bahram IV)|Khosrow]]
| royal house = [[House of Sasan]]
| father      = [[Shapur III]]
| birth_date  =
| birth_place = 
| death_date  = 399
| death_place = 
| religion    = [[Zoroastrianism]]
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'''Bahram IV''' (also spelled '''Wahram IV''' or '''Warahran IV'''; {{langx|pal|𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭}}), was the [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian]] [[King of Kings]] ({{lang|pal|[[shah]]anshah}}) of [[Iran]] from 388 to 399. He was likely the son and successor of [[Shapur III]] ({{reign|383|388}}).

Before his accession to the throne, Bahram served as governor of the southeastern province of [[Kirman (Sasanian province)|Kirman]]. There he bore the title of {{lang|pal|Kirmanshah}} (meaning "king of Kirman"), which would serve as the name of the city he later [[Kermanshah|founded]] in western Iran.

His reign as {{lang|pal|shahanshah}} was largely uneventful. In [[Sasanian Armenia|Armenia]], he deposed his insubordinate vassal [[Khosrov IV of Armenia|Khosrov IV]] and installed the latter's brother [[Vramshapuh]] on the Armenian [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|throne]]. In 395, the [[Huns]] [[Hun Invasion of Persia|invaded the countryside around the Euphrates and the Tigris]], but were repelled. It was under Bahram IV that the use of mint signatures became regular, with several new mints established in his empire. Like his father, Bahram IV was killed by the nobility; he was succeeded by his brother [[Yazdegerd I]].

He is notable for being portrayed on two seals, one during his tenure as {{lang|pal|Kirmanshah}}; and the other as {{lang|pal|shahanshah}}.