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class="mw-redirect" title="Seleucid">Seleucid</a> governor (<a href="/wiki/Satrap" title="Satrap">satrap</a>) of <a href="/wiki/Parthia_(satrapy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parthia (satrapy)">Parthia</a> ("roughly western <a href="/wiki/Greater_Khorasan" title="Greater Khorasan">Khurasan</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-Bickerman_1983_6_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bickerman_1983_6-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) proclaimed independence from the Seleucids, when - following the death of <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiochus II">Antiochus II</a> - <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemy III">Ptolemy III</a> seized control of the Seleucid capital at <a href="/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a>, and "so left the future of the Seleucid dynasty for a moment in question."<sup id="cite_ref-Bivar_2003_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bivar_2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, "a man called <a href="/wiki/Arsaces_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsaces I">Arsaces</a>, of Scythian or Bactrian<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_Arsaces_Bactriannone"><a href="#endnote_Arsaces_Bactriannone">[a]</a></sup> origin, [was] elected leader of the <a href="/wiki/Parni" title="Parni">Parni</a> tribes."<sup id="cite_ref-Curtis_2007_7_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curtis_2007_7-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the secession of Parthia from the Seleucid Empire and the resultant loss of Seleucid military support, Andragoras had difficulty in maintaining his borders, and about 238 BCE—under the command of "Arsaces and his brother <a href="/wiki/Tiridates_I_of_Parthia" title="Tiridates I of Parthia">Tiridates</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-Curtis_2007_7_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curtis_2007_7-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bivar_1983_29_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bivar_1983_29-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—the Parni invaded<sup id="cite_ref-Bickerman_1983_19_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bickerman_1983_19-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parthia and seized control of Astabene (Astawa), the northern region of that territory, the administrative capital of which was Kabuchan (<a href="/wiki/Kuchan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuchan">Kuchan</a> in the vulgate). </p><p>A short while later the Parni seized the rest of Parthia from Andragoras, killing him in the process. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parni_conquest_of_Parthia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parni" title="Parni">Parni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seleucid%E2%80%93Parthian_Wars" title="Seleucid–Parthian Wars">Seleucid–Parthian Wars</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parni_conquest_of_Parthia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>a<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Arsaces_Bactriannone"><a href="#ref_Arsaces_Bactriannone"><b><sup>^</sup></b></a></span> Arsaces was "perhaps originally a local ruler in Bactria."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBivar198331_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBivar198331-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Great_Houses_of_Iran" title="Seven Great Houses of Iran">Seven Great Houses</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Ispahbudhan" title="House of Ispahbudhan">Ispahbudhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Karen" title="House of Karen">Karen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Mihran" title="House of Mihran">Mihran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Spandiyadh" title="House of Spandiyadh">Spandiyadh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Suren" title="House of Suren">Suren</a></li> <li>Varaz</li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Zik" title="House of Zik">Zik</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parthian_art" title="Parthian art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthian_coinage" title="Parthian coinage">Coinage</a></li> 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