Adarnase II of Iberia

Adarnase II, of the Chosroid dynasty, was a presiding prince of Iberia from c. 650 to 684/5. He is presumably the Iberian mentioned in the 660s letter of Anastasius Apocrisiarius pertaining to the martyrdom of Maximus the Confessor, and the prince Nerses whose revolt against the Arabs is reported by the Armenian chronicler Hovannes Draskhanakertsi.
The name Adarnase derives from Middle Persian, with the second component of the word being the Georgian attestation of the Middle Persian name, which ultimately derives from Avestan nairyō.saŋya-. The Middle Persian name also exists in Georgian as. The name appears in the Armenian language as.
Adarnase succeeded his father Stephen II and ruled as a vassal of the Arab Caliphate, and Adarnase II, respectively. He had a son, Stephen.