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The Sasanian Empire (/ s ə ˈ s ɑː n i ə n, s ə ˈ s eɪ n i ə n /) or Sassanid Empire, sometimes referred to Second Persian Empire or Neo-Persian Empire, officially known as Eranshahr ("Kingdom of the Iranians"), was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries.
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The Sasanian monarchs were the rulers of Iran after their victory against their former suzerain, the Parthian Empire, at the Battle of Hormozdgan in 224. At its height, the Sasanian Empire spanned from Turkey and Rhodes in the west to Pakistan in the east, and also included territory in what is now the Caucasus , Yemen , UAE , Oman , Egypt ...
PortraitNameTitle (s)/slogansReignArdashir I 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥 (Ardaš� ...King of Kings of Iran (ians)224 – 242—Shapur I 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 (Šābuhr ...King of Kings of Iran (ians) and non-Iran ...240 – May 270SonHormizd I 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣 (Ōhrmaz ...King of Kings of Iran (ians) and non-Iran ...May 270 – June 271SonBahram I 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 (Warah ...King of Kings of Iran (ians) and non-Iran ...June 271 – September 274BrotherSasanian dynasty, ancient Iranian dynasty that ruled an empire (224–651 ce), rising through Ardashīr I’s conquests in 208–224 ce and destroyed by the Arabs during the years 637–651. The dynasty was named after Sāsān , an ancestor of Ardashīr.
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May 17, 2013 · The Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE, also given as Sassanian, Sasanid or Sassanid) was the last pre-Islamic Persian empire, established in 224 CE by Ardeshir I, son of Papak, descendant of Sasan. The Empire lasted until 651 CE when it was overthrown by the Arab Rashidun Caliphate .
