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Haman

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Haman
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Haman Beggin the Mercy o Esther, bi Rembrandt
Grand Vizier o the Achaemenid Empire
In office
c. 483 BCE – c. 475 BCE
MonarchXerxes I[1]
Personal details
Bornc. 520 BCE
Achaemenid Empire
Dee'dc. 475 BCE (aged 44–45)
Achaemenid Empire
Spoose(s)Zeresh
BairnsParshandatha
Dalphon
Aspatha
Poratha
Adalia
Aridatha
Parmashta
Arisai
Aridai
Vaizatha
ParentsHammedatha (faither)
Amathlai (mither)

Haman (an aw known as Haman the Agagite המן האגגי, or Haman the iil המן הרשע) is the main antagonist in the Beuk o Esther, that, accordin tae the Ebreu Bible, wis a vizier in the Persie empire unner King Ahasuerus, tradeetionally identifee'd as Xerxes I.[2]

References

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  1. Robert J. Littman (Januar 1975). "The Religious Policy of Xerxes and the "Book of Esther"". The Jewish Quarterly Review.
  2. Jacob Hoschander, The Book of Esther in the Light of History, Oxford University Press, 1923