Yazdegerd III
| Yazdegerd | |
|---|---|
| King of Persia Shahenshah (Persian: شهنشاه) | |
| Reign | Persia: 16 June 632 |
| Predecessor | Khosrau II |
| Successor | Sassanid Empire abolished |
| House | Sassanid |
| Dynasty | Sassanid |
| Father | Shahryar |
| Mother | unknown |
| Religion | Zoroastrianism |
Yazdgerd III (also spelled Yazdegerd, Yazdiger, or Yazdigerd, Persian: یزدگرد سوم, "made by God") was the twenty-ninth and last king of the Sassanid dynasty of Iran and a grandson of Khosrau II (590–628). His father was Shahryar whose mother was Miriam, the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice.[1] Yazdgerd III ascended the throne on 16 June 632 after a series of internal conflicts.
Life and reign
Yazdgerd was born in central Iran, Yazdgerd III reigned as a youth and had never truly exercised authority. The Muslim conquest of Persia began in his first year of reign, and ended with the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah. Yazdegerd sought an alliance with Emperor Heraclius, who was an old rival of the Persian Empire.
Text of the ultimatum from Omar Ibn-Khat'tab the Calif of Islam to the Yazdgerd III
 | This section's factual accuracy is disputed. (October 2010) |
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Zoroastrian calendar
The Zoroastrian religious calendar, which is still in use today, uses the regnal year of Yazdgerd III as its base year. Its calendar era (year numbering system), which is accompanied by a Y.Z. suffix, thus indicates the number of years since the emperor's coronation in 632 AD.
Family
Yazdgerd's son Peroz II fled to China. Yazdgerd's daughter Shahrbanu is believed to be the wife of Husayn ibn Ali. Yazdgerd's other daughter Izdundad was married to Bustanai ben Haninai, the Jewish exilarch. The Bahá'í religious leader Bahá'u'lláh's ancestry can be traced back to Yazdgerd III.[2][3]
See also
References
- Genealogy of the Byzantine-Persian royal lineage
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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Notes
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Fifteenth Edition
- ^ Smith, Peter (2000). "Zoroastrianism". A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. p. 369. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
- ^ Balyuzi, H.M. (1985). Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. pp. 309–312. ISBN 0853981523.