Shapur I (also spelled Shabuhr I; Middle Persian: ????????????????????????????, romanized: Šābuhr) was the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran.The dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent until the death of the latter in 242. During his co-regency, he helped his father with the conquest and ...

The ancestors of the Indo-Scythians are thought to be Sakas tribes. "One group of Indo-European speakers that makes an early appearance on the Xinjiang stage is the Saka (Ch. Sai). Saka is more a generic term than a name for a specific state or ethnic group; Saka tribes were part of a cultural continuum of early nomads across Siberia and the Central Eurasian steppe …

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة ٱلْقَادِسِيَّة, romanized: Maʿrakah al-Qādisīyah; Persian: نبرد قادسیه, romanized: Nabard-e Qâdisiyeh) was an armed conflict which took place in 636 CE between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire.It occurred during the early Muslim conquests and marked a decisive victory for the Rashidun army during ...

Etymology. Sistan derives its name from Sakastan ("the land of the Saka"). The Sakas were a Scythian tribe which from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century migrated to the Iranian Plateau and Indus valley, where they carved a kingdom known as the Indo-Scythian Kingdom. In the Bundahishn, a Zoroastrian scripture written in Pahlavi, the province is called "Seyansih".

The history of Sindh refers to the history of the modern-day Pakistani province of Sindh, as well as neighboring regions that periodically came under its sway.. Sindh was the site of one of the Cradle of civilizations, the bronze age Indus Valley civilisation that flourished from about 3000 B.C. and declined rapidly 1,000 years later, following the Indo-Aryan migrations that overran …

Fergana Valley on map showing Sakastan about 100BC. The Fergana Valley is an intermountain depression in Central Asia, between the mountain systems of the Tien Shan in the north and the Alay in the south. The valley is approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi) long and up to 70 kilometres (43 mi) wide, forming an area covering 22,000 square ...

En la Antigüedad clásica, Escitia (griego clásico: Σκυθική; griego moderno: Σκυθία) era la región euroasiática habitada por los pueblos escitas desde el siglo VIII a. C. hasta el siglo II d. C. . Su extensión varió a lo largo del tiempo, pero en general comprendía las llanuras de la estepa póntica desde el Danubio hasta las costas septentrionales del mar Negro, [1] [2] [3 ...

Ardashir I (Middle Persian: ????????????????????????????, Modern Persian: اردشیر بابکان, Ardašir Bābakān), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Sasanian Empire.He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded the new empire.After defeating the last Parthian shahanshah Artabanus IV on the Hormozdgan plain in 224, he overthrew ...

Narseh (also spelled Narses or Narseus; Middle Persian: ????????????????????, New Persian: نرسه, Narsē), "Great King of Armenia", was the seventh Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 293 to 303.. The youngest son of Shapur I (r. 240–270), Narseh served as the governor of Sakastan, Hind and Turan under his father. Shapur I was eventually succeeded by his son Hormizd I (r.

Bahram II (also spelled Wahram II or Warahran II; Middle Persian: ????????????????????????) was the fifth Sasanian King of Kings of Iran, from 274 to 293.He was the son and successor of Bahram I (r. 271–274).Bahram II, while still in his teens, ascended the throne with the aid of the powerful Zoroastrian priest Kartir, just like his father had done.