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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ahasuerus
     There are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1.)
     The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Dan. 9:1. This was
     probably the Cyaxares I. known by this name in profane history,
     the king of Media and the conqueror of Nineveh.
     


       (2.) The king mentioned in Ezra 4:6, probably the Cambyses of
     profane history, the son and successor of Cyrus (B.C. 529).
     
       (3.) The son of Darius Hystaspes, the king named in the Book
     of Esther. He ruled over the kingdoms of Persia, Media, and
     Babylonia, "from India to Ethiopia." This was in all probability
     the Xerxes of profane history, who succeeded his father Darius
     (B.C. 485). In the LXX. version of the Book of Esther the name
     Artaxerxes occurs for Ahasuerus. He reigned for twenty-one years
     (B.C. 486-465). He invaded Greece with an army, it is said, of
     more than 2,000,000 soldiers, only 5,000 of whom returned with
     him. Leonidas, with his famous 300, arrested his progress at the
     Pass of Thermopylae, and then he was defeated disastrously by
     Themistocles at Salamis. It was after his return from this
     invasion that Esther was chosen as his queen.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ahasuerus, prince; head; chief
  

















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