Valash (Middle Persian: Wardākhsh/Walākhsh, Persian: بلاش‎‎), was an Iranian prince from the House of Karen, who later became the ruler of Tabaristan in 665.He was the grandson of the nobleman Adhar Valash, and thus an descendant of Sukhra, a prominent Iranian nobleman who controlled much of the affairs of the Sasanian Empire. In 665, Valash murdered Farrukhzad who was the ruler of Tabaristan, and then conquered him domains, thus becoming the sole ruler of Tabaristan.