Seven Achaemenid clans

Seven Achaemenid Clans or seven Achaemenid houses were seven significant families that had key roles during Achaemenid era. Only one of them had regnant pedigree.[1]

Nobles of seven clans

According to Herodotus, after the departure of Cambyses II for Egypt, the usurper Gaumata impersonated Bardiya - the younger brother of Cambyses, and became king. A group of seven Persian noblemen became suspicious of the false king and conspired to overthrow Gaumata. After death of Gaumata, in a negotiation about determination of Form of government Hutan recommended Democratic government but his offer was not adopted and monarchy continued in Iran.[2]

Names of them were mentioned in Herodotus' Histories and the Behistun Inscription:

  1. Otanes
  2. Ardumanish
  3. Gobryas, father of Mardonius
  4. Intaphrenes
  5. Megabyzus I
  6. Hydarnes
  7. Darius I

Arthur Emanuel Christensen the Danish historian and Iranologist, Herodotus was mistaken to say their main prominence was participation of them in murder of Gaumata. Alexander and Selucids did not change formations of Darius the Great. Also Parthian have continued those formations.[3]

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gollark: Consider: the people complaining about wanting communism could probably work in a well-paying job, obtain money, and donate it to effective charities like the Against Malaria Foundation.
gollark: Capitalism seems to be doing a fairly okay job of satisfying the values of, well, people in places with more resources, and apparently most people's values don't actually involve helping people they don't directly interact with because humans are bad.
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See also
  • Seven Parthian clans

notes
  1. Christensen p 29
  2. Herdotus p217
  3. Arthur Emanuel Christensen page 30

References
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