Person624–651
Yazdegerd III
Last Sasanian king of kings (from 632), enthroned as a boy. After the Arab victories at al-Qadisiyyah and Nahavand he fled east and was killed near Merv in 651 or 652, which marked the end of the Sasanian Empire.
- Dates
- c. 624 – between 651 and 652
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Middle East and Egypt, Central and Northern Asia
- In the threads
- Middle East and Egypt (6th–10th c.), Central Asia and the steppe (6th–10th c.)
Events
- Arab conquest of Persia and the fall of the Sasanian Empire633 – between 651 and 652 · Middle East and Egypt
- Yazdegerd III is killed near Merv: the end of the Sasanian Empirebetween 651 and 652 · Central and Northern Asia