AchaemenicaAn Encyclopaedia of the Achaemenid Persian Empire

Person

Cambyses I

king of Anshan; father of Cyrus II

A king of Anshan and the father of Cyrus II, named in Cyrus's own Babylonian genealogy. He is not Cambyses II, the later conqueror of Egypt.

Date
sixth century BCE
Other names
Cambyses · Kambūjiya
Groups
Teispid rulers Achaemenid royal family
Record status
Secure identification

No full article yet; this register record preserves the identity and its evidence in the meantime.

Connections

Parent of
Cyrus II the Great; founder of the Persian empire The Cyrus Cylinder

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