The reverse of a coin minted by Mithridates I with the image of Bagasis^[1]

Bagasis (also spelled Bakasis and Bagayasha) was a Parthian prince, who played an important role in Parthian politics from 148/7 BC, where he was appointed the governor of the newly conquered region of Media by his brother and king Mithridates I (r. 171–132 BC).^[2] Bagasis was initially suggested by the modern historian Gholamreza F. Assar (2005) to have ruled as king briefly in 126 BC,^[3] but he later retracted this suggestion (2009).^[4] Bagasis was survived by an unnamed son, who occupied high offices under Mithridates II (r. 124–91 BC).^[5]

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• Assar, Gholamreza F. (2005). "Genealogy and Coinage of the early Parthian rulers". Parthica. 7.
• Assar, Gholamreza F. (2009). "Artabanus of Trogus Pompeius' 41st Prologue". Electrum. Kraków. 15.
• Olbrycht, Marek Jan (2010). "The early reign of Mithradates II the Great in Parthia". Anabasis. 1: 144–158.
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• Overtoom, Nikolaus Leo (2020). Reign of Arrows: The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0190888329.
• Sharīʻatʹzādah, Ali Asgar (2011). سكه هاى ايران زمىن : مجموعه سكه‌ هاى مؤسسه کتابخانه و موزه ملى ملک، از دوره هخامنشى تا پاىان دوره پهلوى [Coins of Iran Zemin: collection of coins of Malek National Museum and Library Institute, from the Achaemenid period to the end of the Pahlavi period] (in Persian). Teheran: Pazineh Press. pp. 1–338. ISBN 978-6-001-80009-2.
• Shayegan, M. Rahim (2011). Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–539. ISBN 9780521766418.