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	Persia - LoveToKnow 1911
		PERSIA, a kingdom of western Asia, bounded on the N. by the Caspian Sea and the Russian Transcaucasian and Transcaspian territories, on the E. by Afghanistan and Baluchistan, on the S. by the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf, and on the W. by Turkish territory.
		On the north-west Persia is united by the highlands of Armenia to the mountains of Asia Minor; on the north-west the Paropamisus and Hindu Kush connect it with the Himalayas.
		In south-eastern Persia the Kuhi-Basman, a dormant volcano, 11,000 to 12,000 ft. in height, in the Basman district, and the Kuh-i-Taftan, i.e.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Persia (16140 words)

	Yazdegerd - LoveToKnow 1911
		(1) Yazdegerd son of Shapur III., 399-420, called "the sinner" by the Persians, was a highly intelligent ruler, who tried to emancipate himself from the dominion of the magnates and the Magian priests.
		(2) Yazdegerd Ii., was the son of Bahram V. Gor, 438-457.
		Yazdegerd fled from one district to another, till at last he was murdered at Mery in 651 '(see' CALIPHATE, sect.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Yazdegerd (282 words)

	Persia - MSN Encarta
		For convention's sake the name of Persia is here kept for that part of the country's history concerned with the ancient Persian Empire until the Arab conquest in the 7th century ad.
		A particularly significant accomplishment of his reign was the establishment of Zoroastrianism as the official religion of Persia.
		The last of the Sassanid kings was Yazdegerd III, during whose reign (632-651) Arab Muslims invaded and eventually conquered Persia.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761564512/Persia.html (1134 words)

	Yazdegerd III of Persia
		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.
		Yazdegerd fled from one district to another, till at last he was murdered at Merv in 651.
	ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ya/Yazdegerd_III_of_Persia.html (129 words)

	The Sassanid Empire
		Yazdegerd authorized the Magian hierarchy to retaliate by a general destruction of the Christian churches throughout the Persian dominions, and by the arrest and punishment of all those who acknowledged themselves to believe the Gospel.
		Yazdegerd acceded to the request; and Chosroes was released from confinement and restored to the throne from which he had been expelled by Varahran IV.
		The modern historian of Persia compresses the tale into a single phrase, and tells us that "Isdigerd died from the kick of a horse:" but the Persians of the time regarded the occurrence as an answer to their prayers, and saw in the wild steed an angel sent by God.
	persianempire.info /sassanid6.htm (2060 words)

	Persian Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In 913, Western Persia was conquered by the Buwayhid, a native Iranian tribal confederation from the shores of the Caspian Sea.
		Safavid Persia was a violent and chaotic state for the next seventy years, but in 1588 Shah Abbas I of Safavid ascended to the throne and instituted a cultural and political renaissance.
		In 1919, northern Persia was occupied by the British General William Edmund Ironside to enforce the Turkish Armistice conditions and assist General Dunsterville and Colonel Bicherakhov contain Bolshevik influence (of Mirza Kuchak Khan) in the north.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Persia (4772 words)

	Persia - IBWiki
		The Caliphate used Persia as something of a staging post for their expansions into Afghanistan and India (also enslaving many Turkic peoples and taking them back to Baghdad to serve as cavalry troops) but had little effect on the mass of the people.
		Persia slowly became a feudal theocracy: there was no separation of religion and state; the Shāhānshāh was held to be divinely ordained head of both, while the Mobadān Mobad weilded the real power.
		Persia's economy is a mixture of central planning, state ownership of oil and other large enterprises, village agriculture, and private trading and service ventures, combining to make the nation an economic powerhouse rivalling its western counterparts.
	ib.frath.net /w/Persia (3988 words)

	Persian Empire information - Search.com
		In 913, Western Persia was conquered by the Buwayhid, a native Iranian tribal confederation from the shores of the Caspian Sea.
		Persia found relative stability in the Qajar dynasty, ruling from 1779 to 1925, but lost hope to compete with the new industrial powers of Europe; Persia found itself sandwiched between the growing Russian Empire in Central Asia and the expanding British Empire in India.
		In 1919, northern Persia was occupied by the British General William Edmund Ironside to enforce the Turkish Armistice conditions and assist General Dunsterville and Colonel Bicherakhov contain Bolshevik influence (of Mirza Kuchak Khan) in the north.
	www.search.com /reference/Persian_Empire?redir=1 (4802 words)

	chronology of boys' clothing : ancient civilizations -- Persia
		Persia is not one of the early cradles of civilization and Persian civilization did not develop in river valley.
		Persia for nearly 5 centuries was ruled as a province of the Selecuid Empire.
		Persia during the Caliphate became largely Shi'a, separating it from the larger Suni faith of the Arabs and the rest of the Islamic worl.
	histclo.com /chron/ancient/ac-per.html (1958 words)

	Yazdegerd I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yazdegerd I ("made by God" Izdigerdes), King of Persia (399–421), son of Shapur III of Persia (383–388)
		Yazdegerd I was a highly intelligent ruler, who tried to emancipate himself from the dominion of the magnates and the Magian priests.
		With the Roman Empire Yazdegerd I lived in peace and friendship, and is therefore as much praised by the Byzantine authors
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yazdegerd_I_of_Persia (149 words)

	Islamic conquest of Persia information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The last, Yazdegerd III, was a grandson of Khusrau II and was said to be a mere child.
		After a decisive Muslim victory against the Byzantines, in Syria at the Battle of Yarmuk in 636, the second caliph, Umar, was able to transfer forces to the east and resume the offensive against the Sassanians.
		Yazdegerd was unable to raise another army and became a hunted fugitive.
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	Paradox Interactive Forums - Esfahan - The Sublime Gate of Persia
		Persia's weakness was exposed to the Greeks in 401 BC, when the Satrap of Sardis hired ten thousand Greek mercenaries to help secure his claim to the imperial throne (see Xenophon).
		Tahmasp I (1514-1576) was an influential Shah of Persia of the Safavid Dynasty.
		In the midst of general anarchy in Persia, he was proclaimed ruler of Khorasan in 1581, and obtained possession of the Persian throne in 1587, at the age of 16 with the help of Morshed Gholi Ostajlou.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=234799 (7634 words)

	Yazdegerd III of Persia Biography
		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.
		Yazdegerd fled from one district to another, till at last he was murdered at Merv in 651.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Yazdegerd_III_of_Persia.html (169 words)

	Persian Empire
		Generally, the earliest entity considered a part of the Persian Empire is Persia's Achaemenid dynasty (648–330 BC), a united Aryan-indigenous kingdom that originated in the region now known as Fars and was formed under Cyrus the Great.
		Safavid Persia was a violent and chaotic state for the next seventy years, but in 1588 Shah Abbas I of Safavid ascended to the throne and instituted a cultural and political renaissance.
		Persia (Iran) was drawn into the periphery of World War I because of its strategic position between Afghanistan and the warring Ottoman, Russian, and British Empires.
	articles.gourt.com /en/Persia (4491 words)

	Yazdegerd II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yazdegerd II, ("made by God," Izdegerdes), King of Persia, was the son of Bahram V of Persia (421–438) and reigned from 438 to 457.
		In the beginning of his reign, Yazdegerd II quickly attacked the Eastern Roman Empire with a mixed army of various nations, including his Indian allies, to eliminate the threat of a Roman buildup.
		Yazdegerd II, in spite of having the upper hand, did not make further demands on the Romans due to incursions by Kidarites in Parthia and Khwarezmia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yazdegerd_II_of_Persia (345 words)

	Religions of Iran: Aba & The Church in Persia
		Persia later became tolerant of Christianity; liberty was increased there while it was vanishing in Europe.
		The barbaric churches, from the Gulf of Persia to the Caspian Sea, were almost infinite; and their recent faith was conspicuous in the number and sanctity of their monks and martyrs.
		In the further history of the expansion of the Assyrian Church during the Moslem rule in Persia, authorities will be cited as evidence that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment was observed by both Monophysitism and the Church of the East in their separate areas in near and far Asia.
	www.iranchamber.com /religions/articles/aba_church_persia.php (5659 words)

	Islamic_conquest_of_Persia - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		The Islamic conquest of Persia (633–656) led to the end of the Sassanid Empire and the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia.
		Many historians have long offered the idea that Persia, on the verge of the Arab invasion, was a society in decline and decay and thus it embraced the invading Arab armies with open arms.
		The last, Yazdegerd III, was a grandson of Khusrau II and was said to be a mere child.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Islamic_conquest_of_Persia (3059 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Parthian Persia
		They declared their independence from the Seleucids in 238 BC, but their attempts to expand into Persia were thwarted until after Mithridates I advent to the Parthian throne in about 170 BC.
		The local king of Persia at this time, Ardashir I of Persia, led a revolt against the imperial government of Parthia.
		Persia became the Ilkhanate, a division of the vast Mongol Empire.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A14290698 (1553 words)

	Caspian Horses - The History
		Through examination and research of ancient Persian archaeological remains, along with blood type, bone structure and genetic testing, the Caspian was found to be the forerunner of Persia's native wild horses.
		It was used to develop the ancient Arabian by the Mesopotamians in the 3rd millennium BC.
		After that there were doubtless some records or inventories made of the horses in Persia, but the great libraries succumbed to repeated raids and invasions by the Moslems and the Mongols over the centuries.
	www.caspians.com /history.htm (998 words)

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		Generally, the earliest entity considered the Persian Empire is Persia's Achaemenid Empire (648-330 BC) a united Aryan-indigenous Kingdom that originated in the region known as Pars (Persis) and was formed under Cyrus the Great.
		Most foreigners referred to the state as Persia until March 21, 1935 when Iran formally asked the international community to call the country by its native name.
		As Persia assumed control over the rest of Media and their large Middle Eastern empire, Cyrus led the united Medes and Persians to still more conquest.
	www.algebra.com /~pavlovd/wiki/Persia (4552 words)

	Persia
		Abbas II (1632-1667) Shah of Persia 1642-67, the son of Safi I and the great-grandson of Abbas I. He received various embassies from Europe and recaptured Kandahar 1648, which had been lost by his predecessor to the Mogul emperors.
		Intrigues and insurrections against Khosrau began to arise in Persia, and the Byzantine emperor Heraclius took advantage of this domestic weakness to defeat the Persian monarch in a campaign from 623 to 628.
		Grandson of Yazdegerd I and son of Bahram V; zealous Zoroastrian; persecuted Christians and Jews; at war with Rome (442); also fought in the east against the Kushans and Kidarites; succeeded in turn by sons Hormizd III and FiruzYazdegerd II.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/persia.htm (3696 words)

	Yazdegerd III - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Yazdegerd III (?-651), or Izdigerdes (“Made by God”), Persian king (632-651), the last of the Sasanian dynasty, and the last king of Persia before...
		Sasanian Persia experienced a final resurgence in the 7th century under two great kings, Khosrau I and Khosrau II.
		In the late 5th century a new enemy, the barbaric Ephthalites, or “White Huns”, attacked Persia; they defeated the Persian king Firuz II in 483 and...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Yazdegerd_III.html (109 words)

	The Persians
		Centered on the Persian homeland on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf, it stretched from present-day Pakistan in the east to the Balkan Peninsula in the west and from the Persian Gulf in the south to Central Asia in the north.
		Politically, they ended Persia’s expansion to the west and led to its loss of control of the western coast of Asia Minor (present-day Asian Turkey).
		The last of the Sassanid kings was Yazdegerd III, during whose reign (632-651) the Arabs invaded Persia, destroyed all resistance, gradually replaced Zoroastrianism with Islam, and incorporated Persia into the caliphate.
	history-world.org /persians.htm (3316 words)

	Persia - Qwika
		Yazdegerd III of Persia A coin of Yazdegerd III Yazdegerd III...
		Bahram II of Persia Bahram II, king of Persia (277-294), son of Bahram I. During...
		Ardashir II of Persia Ardashir II was king of Persia from 379-383.
	www.qwika.com /find/Persia?int=60 (397 words)

	Islamic conquest of Persia information - Search.com
		The Islamic conquest of Persia (637-651 CE) led to the end of the Sassanid Empire and the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia (modern day Iran).
		The Byzantine clients, the Arab Ghassanids, converted to the Monophysite form of Christianity, which was regarded as heretical by the established Byzantine Orthodox Church.
		After a decisive Muslim victory against the Byzantines, in Syria at the Battle of Yarmuk in 636, the second caliph, Umar, was able to transfer forces to the east and resume the offensive against the Sassanians.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Islamic_conquest_of_Persia?redir=1 (1853 words)

	The REH Forum > Question About Hyborian Races
		Yazdegerd II, King of Persia, was the son of Bahram V of Persia (421—438) and reigned from 438 to 457.
		In the beginning of his reign, Yazdegerd II quickly attacked the Eastern Roman Empire with a mixed army of various nations, including his Indian allies, to eliminate the threat of a Roman buildup.
		Yazdegerd II, in spite of having the upper hand, did not make further demands on the Romans due to incursions by Kidarites in Parthia and Khwarezmia.
	www.conan.com /invboard/lofiversion/index.php?t3537.html (2572 words)

	cars - Abdas
		Engaged in a dispute with the local Zoroastrians in 414 he burnt down one of their temples.
		King Yazdegerd ordered the bishop to restore and repair the building at his own expense, upon Abdas' refusal the King ordered the destruction of the churches.
		These events soured the relationship between the Christian church and the Persian government which had previously been good, in the long term this led to the persecution of Christians in Persia.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/Abdas (108 words)

	About Iran Jasmin Safari and Cultural Tour
		These beautiful designs were appropriated in various degrees by the other arts and account in no small measure for the special character of the court carpets of the period, the variety of colour, the ingenuity and imaginative range of pattern schemes, and the superlative draftsmanship that is both lucid and expressive.
		Among the products inspired by book illumination were the Medallion carpets of northwest Persia, which consist of a large centre medallion connected with pendants on the long axis and with quarter-section designs of the medallion in the corner areas.
		After the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, and the assumption of power by the Seleucid dynasty, Persian architecture followed the styles common to the Greek world.
	www.iranjasminsafari.com /iran-cultural-safari/about_iran_safari.htm (6808 words)

	Persia - Qwika
		Yazdegerd II of Persia A coin of Yazdegerd II.
		Yazdegerd II, ("made by God," Izdegerdes), king of Persia was the son of Bahram V Gor...
		Talk:Art of Persia I have changed the redirect from Persia to Persian Empire, since Persion is a...
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		..., king of Persia (420 - 439), son of
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		He rebelled against his brother Hormizd III, and in 459...
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