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Spalahores, also spelled Spalohres or Spalahora, (Greek alphabet: Σπαλαχόρης]] ; Σπαλύρις]] , ϹΠΑΛΥΡΙΟϹ (epigraphic); Kharosthi: 𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨱𐨆𐨪]] Śpa-la-ho-ra, Śpalahora; ruled circa 57-35 BCE), was an Iranian peoples king who ruled Sakastan in the 1st-century BC.
A major argument against the proposal of a blood relationship between Vonones and the two commanders was due to both of them having Saka language names, contrary to Vonones' Parthian name. Saghi Gazerani has suggested that after the Parthian Empire re-conquest of Sakastan (sometime between 124–115 BC), which was given as a fiefdom to the Surenid general that led the expedition, the Surenids (who became independent after 88 BC) and Sakas became closely connected, presumably through alliances and intermarriages. Indeed, Parthians and Sakas are often mixed up in Indian literature. The mythological Iranian hero Rostam (who was from Sakastan), is mentioned in Iranian traditions as both Parthian and Saka, thus supporting this dual-identity.
Spalahores' son and successor, Spalagadames, has been suggested by Rezakhani to be the same figure as the first Indo-Parthian king Gondophares ().
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