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Sasan
Sign in to saveSasan (Middle Persian 𐭮𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 Sāsān > Persian ساسان), considered the eponymous ancestor of the Sasanian (or Sassanid) Dynasty (ruled 224–651) in Persia, was "a great warrior and hunter" and a Zoroastrian high priest in Pars. He lived sometime near the fall of the Arsacid (Parthian) Empire in the early 3rd century.
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It sits within the topics 2nd-century Iranian people, History of Zoroastrianism and Sasanian dynasty.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Sasan
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- Founder of the Sasanian Empire
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- 3rd century
- Monarch.full name
- Sasan
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- Ardashir I
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- Sasanian Dynasty
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- Zoroastrianism
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- Zoroastrian High Priest
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- Gender
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- Parthian Empire
- Spouse
- Rambehesht
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- Sasan
- Occupation
- warrior
- Family
- Sasanian dynasty
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Sasan (Middle Persian 𐭮𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 Sāsān > Persian ساسان), considered the eponymous ancestor of the Sasanian (or Sassanid) Dynasty (ruled 224–651) in Persia, was "a great warrior and hunter" and a Zoroastrian high priest in Pars. He lived sometime near the fall of the Arsacid (Parthian) Empire in the early 3rd century.
==Identity of Sasan== ===Medieval sources=== There are many slightly different stories concerning Sasan and his relation to Ardashir I, the founder of the Sasanian Empire. The northern Iranian historian Tabari mentions that Sasan married Rambehesht, a princess of the Bāzarangid family, the vassal dynasty of Pārs, and that Sasan was a grandfather of Ardashir I, while Papak is named as Ardashir I's father.
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