# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arsames
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:32:03.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arsames"
name: "Arsames"
slug: "arsames"
description: "Arsames was the son of Ariaramnes and the grandfather of Darius I. He was traditionally claimed to have briefly been king of Persia during the Achaemenid dynasty, and to have given up the throne and declared loyalty to his relative Cyrus II of Persia before retiring to his family estate in the Persian heartland of Parsa, living there peacefully for the rest of his life, perhaps nominally exercising the duties of a \"lesser king\" under the authority of the \"Great King\". However, the claim that he or his son were ever kings is rejected by historians such as Pierre Briant. In an inscription allegedly found in Hamadan he is called \"king of Persia\", but the document is widely argued to be a forgery, either modern or ancient. Another attestation of his reign is the Behistun Inscription, where his grandson Darius I lists him among his ancestors, although he does not explicitly mention him as being one of the anonymous eight kings whom he claims preceded him."
tagline: "Possible Achaemenid king of Persia (c. 520 BC)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Koning_Arsames_Perzische_koningen_%28serietitel%29_Series_Regum_Persarum_%28..%29_%28serietitel%29%2C_RP-P-1982-125.jpg/330px-Koning_Arsames_Perzische_koningen_%28serietitel%29_Series_Regum_Persarum_%28..%29_%28serietitel%29%2C_RP-P-1982-125.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "-550"
deathDate: "-600"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.75
  momentum:             17.55744593096693
  historical:           19.81782533333334
  currentAttention:     3.752960769800149
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsam"
    title: "Arsam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%85"
    title: "أرشم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Арсам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Арсам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsames_de_P%C3%A8rsia"
    title: "Arsames de Pèrsia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsam%C3%A9s"
    title: "Arsamés"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arschama_I."
    title: "Arschama I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Αρσάμης της Περσίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsames"
    title: "Arsames"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsamo_(Persio)"
    title: "Arsamo (Persio)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsames"
    title: "Arsames"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artsames"
    title: "Artsames"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "آرشام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsames"
    title: "Arsames"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsam%C3%A8s_de_Perse"
    title: "Arsamès de Perse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsam"
    title: "Arsam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars%C3%A1ma"
    title: "Arsáma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%C5%9Fama"
    title: "Arşama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsamesy"
    title: "Arsamesy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsames_dari_Parsi"
    title: "Arsames dari Parsi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsames_av_Persia"
    title: "Arsames av Persia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsames"
    title: "Arsames"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsames"
    title: "Arsames"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Аршама"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsam"
    title: "Arsam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355799"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump