BÃÂzrangë (also known as Bazrangids or Badhrangids) is the attested family name of a dynasty of petty rulers in south western Iran (Persis) near the end of Arsacid Empire as well as the name of geographical districts.
The lord Sasan who is named as the eponymous ancestor of the Sasanians took, according to Tabari, a wife from a family called "Bazrangi". The woman was called Rambehesht and according to Tabari "possessed beauty and perfection". She bore Sasan a son called Papak.
In the account of Tabari, Ardashir, the founder of Sassanid dynasty was sent for educational reasons, at the request of his father Papak, to Tërë who was the eunuch of Gà ÂÃÂehr the king of Eá¹£á¹Âaḵr. Later Ardashir succeeded Tërë who was the chief officer (i.e. argbed) of DÃÂrÃÂbgerd. Ardashir managed to make a number of local conquests and then wrote to his father to revolt against Gà ÂÃÂehr. Papak did so and killed Gà ÂÃÂehr and took his throne. This is the last time Tabari mentions about Gà ÂÃÂehr or the BÃÂzrangë family and other notices of BÃÂzrangë in later sources are all taken from Ṭabarë. There has not been found any coins naming Gà ÂÃÂehr or BÃÂzrangë.
There is a suggestion by S. Wikander that BÃÂzrang is not a name but rather a title with the etymology of "holding a mace", or "possessing miraculous power". This suggestion is unproven for R. N. Frye.
The word BÃÂzrang has been used in other historical sources, such as Eá¹£á¹Âaḵrë, to refer to a geographical district in the mountainous BoyerAhmad area where the à  Ã«rën and à  ÃÂá¸ÂkÃÂn rivers have their origin. R. Frye indicates that this district could be the one in the Pahlavi text Xusraw ud rÃÂdag where excellent wine or must came from. Today however there are the villages upper BÃÂzrang and lower BÃÂzrang in the BehbahÃÂn district of the province of á¸´à «zestÃÂn. There is also a mention in popular folktales of Iran that the word bÃÂzrangë means wild person. The connection of the geographical name and other occurrences of the word is uncertain.