Parshandatha

Parshandatha (meaning: given by prayer or interpreter of the law) was the eldest son of Haman, the chief minister of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) of Persia who plotted the annihilation of the Jewish people. When Haman's plot was reversed and the Jews were permitted to defend themselves, Parshandatha and his nine brothers were killed in Shushan the palace on the day the Jews' enemies had planned to destroy them (Esther 9:7).

The ten sons of Haman are named in Esther 9:7–10 as a permanent memorial of the defeat of those who sought Israel's destruction, and their names are traditionally written in a distinctive typographical arrangement in Hebrew scrolls of the book of Esther. Parshandatha's name, like those of his brothers, is of uncertain etymological origin — possibly Old Persian. Their deaths concluded the events commemorated in the festival of Purim.