Mithridates V of Parthia
{{Short description|Parthian contender for the throne from 129 to 140}}
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Mithridates V ({{langx|xpr|𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕}} Mihrdāt) was a Parthian contender from 129 to 140. Sources claim he was either a son of Pacorus IIJohn 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 or a brother of Osroes I.André Verstandig, Histoire de l'Empire parthe (-250 à 227), Bruxelles, Le Cri Histoire édition, 2001{{cite web | url=https://iranicaonline.org/pages/chronology-1 | title=Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica }} His son, Vologases IV of Parthia (147–191), took the throne after the death of Vologases III in 147.
He died in 140 during a battle in Commagene against the Romans.
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- {{cite book |first1=Edward |last1=Dąbrowa |editor1-last=Daryaee |editor1-first=Touraj |editor1-link=Touraj Daryaee |title=The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |chapter=The Arsacid Empire |pages=1–432 |isbn=978-0-19-987575-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-poAgAAQBAJ |access-date=2019-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051501/https://books.google.dk/books?id=K-poAgAAQBAJ&pg |archive-date=2019-01-01 |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Kia |first1=Mehrdad |title=The Persian Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia |date=2016 |publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1610693912 |url= }} (2 volumes)
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{{s-ttl|title=King of the Parthian Empire|years=129–140}}
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Category:2nd-century Parthian monarchs
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:2nd-century Iranian people
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