Ephrus

King Ephrus, or Šə̂-lapti-xvamriśom-sam Efrus, (453 - August 19, 484), was king of the Dushanists from November of 466 to 481. In early 481, he was booted off the throne by the new "usurper" Imam Al-Reqza, a grandson of Shan I and a man with a fiery spirit. Imam planned to have King Ephrus killed, but instead he was released into the forests of Hÿxenazi, and only given a loaf of bread and an axe. For over two and a half years Imam ruled over that which Ephrus had left, and by the middle of 484, he had been declared dead in absence. The funeral pyre had been taken out; he was burned in effigy and this model was buried behind the old palace. But in July 484, something surprised the Tushetian peoples greatly. The proposed-dead Ephrus finally returned, after two and a half years wandering. He explained to the people that the hand of Əžil had guided him to the city, slowly but surely. Of course, this enraged King Imam, and on the night of August 19, the king sent his bodyguards to kill Ephrus. He finally died late in that night, after being stabbed twice in the face, and once each in his arms and legs. He was to have been sworn in as king once again the next morning. After death, he was decapitated and his head was placed at the entrance to the city of Tÿšedje, as a reminder to all citizens of the power of Imam Al-Reqza and his bodyguards.