1. King of Kermān (210?), defeated by Ardašīr I, who took him prisoner and took possession of his capital (Nöldeke, Geschichte der Perser, p. 10; Christensen, Iran Sass., p. 87). He was probably a vassal dynast who by some authors was erroneously identified with the Arsacid Balāš VI (V).
2. A prince, son of Pāpak and presumably brother of Ardašīr I, listed in the fifth rank of notables in the inscription of Šāpūr I (242-70) on the Kaʿba-ye Zardošt (Maricq, p. 327 [69]). His name is spelled Mid. Pers. Wrdʾhš, Parth. Wlgšy, Gk. genitive OUALASSOU).
3. Son of Selōk (Seleucus), listed in the 33rd rank of notables in the inscription of Šāpūr I (Maricq, p. 329 [71]). His name is spelled like that of no. 2.
4. Vałarš, an Armenian prince of Anjit (Anzitene), hazarapet “chiliarch” at the accession of King Tiran of Armenia (ca. 338?; Faustus, 3.12, Venice, 1933, p. 40 = Langlois, Historiens I, pp. 221, 222; Genealogy of St. Gregory 3 = Langlois, Historiens II, p. 24).
5. A marzbān of Bēṯ ʿArbāyē (?) under Šāpūr II (309-79) (Hoffmann, p. 29).
6. A bishop of Nisibis (d. 361?) who succeeded Babu between 346 and 350 (Justi, p. 345 s.v. Walagaš no. 6; W. Ensslin in Pauly-Wissowa, VII A/2, col. 2091 s.v. Walagasch no. 2; Fiey, pp. 23, 29-33). The Chronicon Paschale (ed. L. Dindorf, Bonn, 1832, I, p. 539) attributes to him a letter on the third siege of Nisibis by Šāpūr II in 350. He was a contemporary of St. Ephrem, who mentions him in a flattering manner in Carmina Nisibena (ed. G. Bickell, Leipzig, 1866, index, p. 234 s.v. Vologeses). An inscription discovered at Nisibis commemorates the erection of a baptistery by this bishop (Sarre and Herzfeld, II, pp. 336-46).
7. A student at the Persian school in Edessa in about 450 (Martin, p. 26; Labourt, p. 257).
8. The leader of a troop of Massagete (Hunnish) cavalry under the orders of Belisarius (532) (Procopius, De bello vandalico 1.11.12; Theophanes, Chronographia I, anno 6026, ed. J. Classen and I. Bekker, Bonn, 1839, p. 292; Justi, p. 345, s.v. Walagaš no. 12; Ensslin, s.v. Walagasch no. 6).
9. The son of Dādmehr and grandson of Zarmehr, governor of Ṭabarestān from 575-600 (Dorn, pp. 42, 319; Justi, p. 345, s.v. Walagaš no. 13).
10. The grandson of Āḏarwalāš, murderer of Bāw (679; Dorn, pp. 42, 46, 206, 323; Justi, p. 346, s.v. Walagaš no. 14).
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