His Coins.

His Character._ It would seem that at the death of Isdigerd there was some difficulty as to the succession.

Varahran, whom he had designated as his heir, appears to have been absent from the capital at the time; while another son, Sapor, who had held the Armenian throne from A.D.414 to 418, was present at the seat of government, and bent on pushing his claims.
Varahran, if we may believe the Oriental writers, who are here unanimous, had been educated among the Arab tribes dependent on Persia, who now occupied the greater portion of Mesopotamia.

His training had made him an Arab rather than a Persian; and he was believed to have inherited the violence, the pride, and the cruelty of his father.

His countrymen were therefore resolved that they would not allow him to be king.