Sanabares

{{Short description|Indo-Parthian king of Sakastan from 135 to 160}}

{{Merge from|Sanabares of Parthia|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Sanabares

| title = King

| image = Gondopharid Dynasty. Sanabares. Usurper, mid 1st century AD.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| caption = Coinage of Sanabares, Gondopharid Dynasty.

| succession = King of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom

| reign =

| predecessor = Pacores

| successor = Pahares I (Turan)
Sanabares II (Sakastan)

| royal house = House of Gondophares

| issue =

| father =

| mother =

| birth_date = 135

| birth_place =

| death_date = 160 AD

| death_place =

| religion =

}}

Sanabares (Greek: ϹΑΝΑΒΑΡΟΥ Sanabarou; 135-160 CE) was an Indo-Parthian king.Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage - Michael Mitchiner - 1976, Volumes 7 à 9 - Pages 670, 717 and 770 He was the last Indo-Parthian king to rule in both Sakastan and south Arachosia, as the Kushans under Wima Kadphises made inroads into Indo-Parthian territory. From 160 CE, the remains of the Indo-Parthian kingdom were partitioned between Turan, under Pahares I, and Sakastan under Sanabares II. following the partition of the remains of the Indo-Parthian kingdom into the realms of and Turan. The kingdom of Turan covers the period from 160 to 230 CE.{{cite book |last1=Mitchiner |first1=Michael |title=Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage |date=1975 |publisher=Hawkins Publications |isbn=978-0-904173-12-3 |page=779 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4EaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA779 |language=en}}

In his coinage, Sabares introduced a close-fitting Parthian-style tiara for his portraiture, a characteristic which was later continued by Pahares I. On the reverse has a figure of Nike walking.{{cite book |last1=Mitchiner |first1=Michael |title=Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage |date=1975 |publisher=Hawkins Publications |isbn=978-0-904173-12-3 |page=771 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4EaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA771 |language=en|quote="Meanwhile Pahares consolidated his new Kingdom of Turan . His copper tetradrachms show his bust wearing a close - fitting decorated headress, conforming with the fashion recently introduced to the mint of Kandahar by Sanabares I."}}

A Sanabares II seems to have ruled in Sakastan from 160 to 230 CE.

Sanabares' name is mentioned in a Islamic source in the form of "Sisanābruh" (سیسنابروه).{{Cite journal |last=کلانی |first=Reza Kalani رضا |date=2022-01-01 |title=Sanabares, Adur-Sasan, and Farn-Sasan in the Pedigrees of the Islamic Period |url=https://www.academia.edu/115985784 |journal=Tahouri Publishers}}