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| | Yazdegerd III of Persia - Glasgledius (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Yazdegerd III, ("made by God," Izdegerdes), king of Persia, a grandson of Khosrau II, who had been murdered by his son Kavadh II in 628, was raised to the throne in 632 after a series of internal conflicts. |
 | | He was a mere child and never really ruled; in his first year the Arabic invasion[?] began, and in 637 the battle of Kadisiya[?] decided the fate of the empire. |
 | | The Parsees, who use the old Persian calendar[?], continue to count the years from his accession (era of Yazdegerd, beginning June 16, AD This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. |
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