Barhadbesciabas was a deacon living in Arbela during the Sassanid Empire. He is remembered as a Christian martyr who died in 355 under the rule of Shapur II. Following his arrest by the local governor, Sapor Tamaspor, he was subjected to torture on a rack. According to tradition, he was eventually executed by decapitation at the command of a nobleman named Aghaeus, who had abandoned his Christian faith.