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Yazdgard III
Yazdgard III: last king of Persia, ruling from 632 to 651, member of the Sasanian dynasty.
Main deeds:
- Name: Yazdgard III
- Beginning of reign: 632
- Successor of:Buran
- 633 First Arab invasion of Mesopotamia; the invading army consists of Christians and Muslims
- Successful Sasanian counteroffensive; Arab counter-counteroffensive
- Yazdgard allies himself to the Byzantine Empire, but its emperor Heraclius is defeated at the Yarmuk River
- 642 Arab invasion of Iran; Yazdgard defeated at Nehavand; he retreats to the northeast
- End of reign: 651 (end of the Sasanian Empire)
General Literature on Sasanian Persia
- Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia. The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2009)
- Josef Wiesehöfer, Das antike Persien. Von 550 v. Chr. bis 650 n. Chr. (1994)