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| | SASSANID EMPIRE : Encyclopedia Entry |
 | | The Sassanid dynasty was founded by Ardashir I after defeating the last Parthian (Arsacid) king, Artabanus IV and ended when the last Sassanid Shahanshah (King of Kings), Yazdegerd III (632–651), lost a 14-year struggle to drive out the early Islamic Caliphate, the first of the Islamic empires. |
 | | Ardashir I's son Shapur I (241–272), whose mother was the daughter of a Parthian monarch, possibly Artabanus IV or one of the members of Suren Clan, continued this expansion, conquering Bactria and Kushan, while leading several campaigns against Rome. |
 | | However, Kavadh's army with aid of Lakhmid ruler (a Sassanid vassal kingdom), al-Mundhir IV ibn al-Mundhir and tactical adjustment of his elite Savarans (knights) to counter Belaisarius's legions, later defeated Roman armies under the command of Belisarius twice, one in year 530 in Battle of Nisbis and other in year 531 in Battle of Callinicum. |
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