Mjej I Gnuni

Mjej I Gnuni
Marzban of Persian Armenia
In office 518–548
Monarch	Kavadh I Khosrow I
Preceded by	Unknown
Succeeded by	Gushnasp Bahram
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Born	Unknown
Died	Unknown Marzpanate Armenia

Mjej I Gnuni (Armenian: Մժեժ Ա Գնունի), was an Armenian nobleman from the Gnuni family, who served as the marzban of Persian Armenia from 518 to 548.

From 515 to 516, several Hunnic tribes kept invading Armenia. Mjej then decided to organize a counter-attack and managed to repel them. As a reward, the Sassanian shah Kavadh I appointed him as the marzban of Armenia in 518. According to Samuel Anetsi: "after the patrician Vard Mamikonian, brother of Vahan, the Persian marzbans ruled Armenia for 11 years. The government of Armenia then passed to Mjej of the Gnuni family, who held it for thirty years". During this period, Mjej maintained religious peace. In 527, he repelled other Hunnic invasions. In 548, he was succeeded by Gushnasp Bahram.

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Preceded by Several Persian marzbans

Marzban of Persian Armenia 518–548

Succeeded by Gushnasp Bahram