Divashtich

Divashtich
King of Panjikant
Possible Sogdian King Devashtish or God Verethranga, Aini district, Tajikistan, 7-8th century CE, National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan (A 1060).[1]
Reign706–722
PredecessorChukin Chur Bilga
SuccessorUmayyad conquest
BornSamarkand, Sogdia
Died722
Rabinjan, Sogdia
SpouseNandimanpan
(nnδβ'mpnh)
IssueTarkhun
FatherYodkhsetak
ReligionZoroastrianism

Divashtich (also spelled Devashtich, Dewashtich, and Divasti), was a medieval Sogdian ruler in Transoxiana during the period of the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana. He was the ruler of Panjikant and its surroundings from ca. 706 until his downfall and execution in the autumn of 722.

  1. ^ Guimet Museum (MA 4660) Kurbanov, Sharofiddin (2021). Tadjikistan : au pays des fleuves d'or. Paris, Gand: Musée Guimet, Editions Snoeck. p. 196. ISBN 978-9461616272.

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