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{{about||his grandson|Cyrus the Great|the bishop|Cyrus I of Edessa}} {{one source|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Cyrus I | title = | image = File:Cyrus I on horseback, seal.png | caption = Cyrus I on horseback from a seal | birth_date = | death_date = 580 BC | death_place = [[Anshan (Persia)]] | burial_date = 580 BC | burial_place = [[Gur-e-Dokhtar]] | succession = [[List of kings of Persia|King of Persia]] | reign = 600–580 BC | predecessor = [[Teispes]] | successor = [[Cambyses I]] | royal house = [[Achaemenid family tree|Achamenids]] | spouse = Parsumaš | father = [[Teispes]] | mother = | issue = [[Cambyses I]]<br/>[[Arukku]]? | religion = [[Zoroastrianism]] | signature = }} '''Cyrus I''' ([[Old Persian language|Old Persian]]: ''Kuruš'') or '''Cyrus I of Anshan''' or '''Cyrus I of Persia''', was King of [[Anshan (Persia)|Anshan]] in Persia from {{circa|600}} to 580 BC or, according to others, from {{circa|652}} to 600 BC. Cyrus I of Anshan is the grandfather of [[Cyrus the Great]], also known as Cyrus II. His name in Modern [[Persian language|Persian]] is کوروش, ''Kūroš'', while in [[Greek language|Greek]] he was called Κῦρος, ''Kȳros''.
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