Yazdegerd III
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Yazdegerd III was the final emperor of the Sasanian Persian Empire, ruling from 632 to 651 CE during a period of dramatic upheaval and decline. His reign matters because it marked the end of a dynasty that had governed Persia for over 400 years, as Arab conquests fundamentally transformed the region's political and religious landscape.
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- 0624-01-01
- Died
- 0652-01-01
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Yazdegerd III (also Romanized as Yazdgerd, Yazdgird) 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 than four centuries of rule.
The son of Sasanian prince Shahriyar and grandson of shah Khosrow II, Yazdegerd was installed on the throne at the age of eight shortly after the murder of his aunt, Boran. The young shah lacked authority and reigned as a figurehead while real power remained in the hands of army commanders, courtiers and powerful members of the aristocracy, who engaged in internecine warfare. The Sasanians, already severely weakened by these internal conflicts as well as the prolonged war with the Byzantines, also faced invasions by the Göktürks from the east and Khazars from the west.