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Bahram V Gur

Bahram

also: Bahram Gur, بهرام

Sasanian king (r. 420–438), legendary hunter nicknamed 'Gur' for his pursuit of the wild ass (gur). In Persian legend he vanished into a cave — or a swamp — while hunting; the gur/grave pun on his name is proverbial.

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