He was a powerful king, and the last of the Mulûk-ut-touâif. He reigned thirty years prosperously, but was slain in a battle against Ardeshir, the first king of the Sasanians.
The author of this work observes that the short accounts concerning the history of the Mulûk-ut-touâif have been taken from Persian books deserving of less credit than the work from which he has taken only their names and epithets, as follows [in Arabic], from the Mufâtih: ‘They are the third dynasty, and have been called thus [i.e., Ashkânians] because they were the descendants of Ashak Bin Ashak, whose epithet was Ashkân. Then [came] his son* Shâpûr, whose epithet is zarîn, meaning ‘golden.’ Then his son Behrâm, whose epithet is Gudarz. Then his son Bijon, whose epithet is Alssâlâr [commander]. Then his son Behrâm, whose epithet is Alroushan—‘the shining.’ Then his son Behrâm, whose epithet is Berâd, meaning ‘noble.’ Then his son Nursi, whose epithet is Shikâri [hunter]. Then his son Ardvân, whose epithet is Ahmar [rubicund]. In the Mufâtih it is related that Ardeshir was the first king who bore the title of Shahanshâh, and having invented a belt, girded himself therewith.