{"slug": "mithridates-i-of-parthia", "label": "Mithridates I of Parthia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_I_of_Parthia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312442", "qid": "Q312442", "description": "king of Parthian Empire from 165 to 132 BC", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [-194, -137], "span_label": ["195 BCE", "138 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Mithradates I"], "related": [{"slug": "parthia", "label": "Parthia", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "seleucid-empire", "label": "Seleucid Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bactria", "label": "Bactria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "medes", "label": "Medes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "demetrius-ii-nicator", "label": "Demetrius II Nicator", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zoroastrianism", "label": "Zoroastrianism", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -194, "year_label": "195 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Mithridates I (or Mithradates), \"Great King\" of Parthia from about 171 BC who turned Parthia into a major political power and expanded the empire westward into Mesopotamia (d. 138 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115647#Births", "title": "195 BC", "revid": 1300115647, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -172, "year_label": "173 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The first known session of the Mahestan (a noble advisory council consisting of Zoroastrian priests and aristocrats) is believed to have taken place during Nowruz (the Persian New Year) in this year, under the reign of Mithridates I of Parthia. This council later played a key role in advising the king and, at times, selecting or deposing monarchs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1304313006#Parthian_Empire", "title": "173 BC", "revid": 1304313006, "section": "Events › By place › Parthian Empire"}}, {"year": -170, "year_label": "171 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Mithradates I succeeds his brother Phraates I as king of Parthia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352698432#Parthia", "title": "171 BC", "revid": 1352698432, "section": "Events › By place › Parthia"}}, {"year": -159, "year_label": "160 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Parthian King, Mithradates I, seizes Media from the Seleucids following the death of Timarchus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100355#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "160 BC", "revid": 1266100355, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -158, "year_label": "159 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "While Eucratides I is in north west India to claim possession of the previous Bactrian King Demetrius I's territory there, the Parthians, under Mithradates I, annex two Bactrian provinces. Returning from India to reconquer them, Eucratides is murdered by his son.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1282394740#Bactria", "title": "159 BC", "revid": 1282394740, "section": "Events › Greece › Bactria"}}, {"year": -140, "year_label": "141 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius II of Syria made prisoner of Mithridates, king of the Parthians. Antiochus VII Sidetes becomes king of the Seleucid Empire in his absence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326020399#Syria_and_Judea", "title": "141 BC", "revid": 1326020399, "section": "Events › By place › Syria and Judea"}}, {"year": -137, "year_label": "138 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Mithridates I, king of Parthia (b. c. 195 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361991985#Deaths", "title": "138 BC", "revid": 1361991985, "section": "Deaths"}}]}