Elymais , an ancient Parthian vassal state located east of the lower Tigris and usually as part of the larger district Susiana is viewed . It covered much of the area of the biblical region of Elam, which roughly corresponds to the modern region of Khūzestān in the Iran matches . Although the capital Susa belonged to Elymais, it appears to have been administered by a Persian satrap; The heart of the kingdom lay near the mountains of Luristan near modern Behbehān and Īzeh, where the local Dynasty rock reliefs and inscriptions in Aramaic form. The dynasty seems to have been founded by Kamnaskires, known from coins from 81 v . The realm, though seldom mentioned, up to survived their obliteration by the Sassanid king Ardashir I (ruled ad 224-241).
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