Yazdegerd III (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Yazdegerd_III/ #History #PersianWarfare #SasanianEmpire #Umar

Derbent (sometimes "Derbend" or "Darbend") is an ancient city located along the Caspian Sea in what is present-day Russia. https://www.worldhistory.org/Derbent/ #History #Derbent #PersianWarfare #SasanianEmpire

Khosrow II (aka Kosrau II, r. 590-628) was the last powerful shahanshah (king of kings) of the Sassanian Empire. https://www.worldhistory.org/Khosrow_II/ #SasanianEmpire #KhosrowII #History

Yazdegerd III (r. 632-651 CE) was the last monarch of the Sassanian Empire (224-651 CE), ruling – or attempting to rule – amidst the chaos of its final decline and fall to the invading Muslim Arabs. He was the son of the prince Shahriyar (d. 628 CE) and grandson of Kosrau II (r. 590-628 CE), the king whose wars with the Byzantine Empire so severely weakened the Sassanians that they had little s...https://www.worldhistory.org/Yazdegerd_III/ #PersianWarfare #SasanianEmpire #Umar