Yazdegerd Iii

Yazdgerd III reigned as a youth and never truly exercised authority. In his first year the Arab Invasion Of Persia began, and in 636 the Battle Of Al-Qādisiyyah decided the fate of the Persian empire.

Arabs occupied Ctesiphon , and the young King fled into Media . Yazdgerd III fled from one district to another, until at last he was murdered at Merv in 651 . The Parsees , who use the Old Persian Calendar , continue to count the years from his accession (era of Yazdgerd, beginning June 16 , 632 ).

Yazdgerd III's daughter Shahr Banu married Husayn Ibn Ali , Muhammad's grandson, and gave birth to the fourth Shia Imam , Ali Zayn Al Abidin . His son Pirooz fled to China .

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