House of Zik explained

The House of Zik (also recorded as House of Zix; Middle Persian: zikan, Ziks; New Persian: dodmane zik, Zik family) was an Iranian noble family during the Parthian and Sassanian rule in Iran. The house was from Median origin and was centered in Adurbadagan (modern-day Iranian Azerbaijan). 'Zik' was a 4th-century Iranian officer active during the reign of the Sasanian king (shah) Shapur II from the House of Zik.

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