Mithridates V of Parthia

Coin of Mithridates V, Ecbatana mint

Mithridates V (Parthian: 𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕 Mihrdāt) was a Parthian contender from 129 to 140. Sources claim he was either a son of Pacorus II[1] or a brother of Osroes I.[2][3] His son, Vologases IV of Parthia (147–191), took the throne after the death of Vologases III in 147.

  1. ^ John Malalas, Chronographia, Book 11, 1-6; seeː A. D. H. Bivar, The Political History of Iran under the Arsadis, in: E. Yarshater (editor), The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3: The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanid Periods, Part 1, 1981, ISBN 978-0-521-20092-9, p. 91
  2. ^ André Verstandig, Histoire de l'Empire parthe (-250 à 227), Bruxelles, Le Cri Histoire édition, 2001
  3. ^ "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".