Yazdegerd III
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Yazdegerd III was the last Sasanian King of Kings from 632 to 651. His death following successive defeats by the Rashidun Caliphate marked the end of the last pre-Islamic Iranian empire after more tha
Drachma of Yazdegerd III, minted in 651.
14th-century Shahnameh illustration of the coronation of Yazdegerd III, who is incorrectly portrayed as an adult.
Drachma of a young Yazdegerd III.
The Palace of Taq Kisra in the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon. The city was a rich commercial metropolis, and may have been the most populous city of the world in 570–622.
Shahrbanu
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Shahrbanu is traditionally described in Shia sources as a wife of Husayn, the third Shia Imam and grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the mother of his successor, Ali al-Sajjad. She was a Sa
Yazdegerd III
…Istakhr Predecessor Boran Successor Office abolished Rival Khosrow IV (632–642) Born 624 Istakhr Died 651 (aged 27) Marw Issue Peroz III Bahram VII Shahrbanu (alleged) Izdundad House House of Sasan Father Shahriyar Religion Zoroastrianism Yazdegerd III (also Romanized as Yazdgerd, Yazdgird) was the last…
Shahrbannu, by Iranian artist Mahmoud Farshchian
Shrine of Shahrbanu in Rey, Iran