The defense lines of the Sasanians were part of their military strategy and tactics. They were networks of fortifications, walls, and/or ditches built...

The Sasanian army was the primary military body of the Sasanian armed forces, serving alongside the Sasanian navy. The birth of the army dates back to...

Greater Armenia, whenever necessary in military operations. During Byzantine–Sasanian wars (421–422), the Iberian gates had come into the possession of the Huns...

support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːniən, səˈseɪniən/), officially Ērānšahr (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩...

37.2604343; 55.010165 (fort (14)) The Great Wall of Gorgan is a Sasanian-era defense system located near modern Gorgan in the Golestān Province of northeastern...

(Darband) are one of the fortified defense lines, some of which date to the times as early as those built by the Persian Sasanian Empire to protect the eastern...

OCLC 495469456. Ognibene, Paolo (2022). "Beyond the Gate: Alans, Sasanians and the Caucasus". Sasanian Studies: Late Antique Iranian World. 1 (1): 207–214. doi:10...

the Great in the Quran Eschatology Hag and Mag in Mandaeism Magog Sasanian defense lines The encryption technique is called atbash. BBL ("Babylon") when...

and it was restored during the Sassanid era (3rd–7th centuries) Sasanian defense lines Alexander in the Qur'an Cilician Gates Great Wall of China Iron...

similar scale and function, built by various dynasties in China Sasanian defense lines – the borders of the Neo-Persian Empire Limitanei – soldiers on...

Tammisha Khurasan Wall Sasanian defense lines Median Wall Alibaigi, Sajjad (12 August 2019). "The Gawri Wall: A Possible Partho-Sasanian Structure in the Western...

Western Roman Empire (in 476 CE), the Gupta Empire (in 543 CE), and the Sasanian Empire (in 651 CE). The post-classical period is one of the five or six...

Hephthalites. Great Wall of Gorgan, a defense system created to prevent further Hephthalite incursions Bandian Fire Temple Sasanian–Kidarite wars Wiesehofer, J...

The Immortals was an elite cavalry unit of the army of the Sasanian Empire with the alleged size of 10,000 men, similar to the Achaemenid "Immortals" described...

Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 was the final and most devastating of the series of wars fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Persian Sasanian Empire...

Savaran, was a cavalry force that formed the backbone of the army of the Sasanian Empire. They were provided by the aristocracy, were heavily armored, and...

The Sasanian navy was the naval force of the Sasanian Empire active since its establishment. It operated in the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, the Red...

of border provinces of the Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD) and mostly Sasanian Empire (224–651 AD) of Iran. The Persian word marz is derived from Avestan...

known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Iranian Sasanian Empire. He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded...

chiefly in the Sasanian Empire. Originally there was a single spāhbad, called the Ērān-spāhbed, who functioned as the generalissimo of the Sasanian army. From...

in Iranian military history, most notably in Achaemenid, Seleucid, and Sasanian periods. These were Asian elephants recruited from the southern provinces...

clan lines, with the most important divisions being between the "southern" and "northern" tribal associations. Both the Byzantine and Sasanian empires...

defense lines in the Caucasus against the nomads in the north, for which there was a mutual interest and had been the responsibility of the Sasanians...

or "metallic furnace"[citation needed]), in Persian Grivpanvar, were a Sasanian Persian, late Roman and Byzantine military unit of armored heavy cavalry...

Caliph Umar first attacked Sasanian territory in 633, when Khalid ibn al-Walid invaded Mesopotamia (then known as the Sasanian province of Asōristān; roughly...

The Battle of Dara was fought between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sasanians in 530 AD. It was one of the battles of the Iberian War. Procopius's account...

killed their last ruler, Artabanus IV, in 224 AD. Ardashir established the Sasanian Empire, which ruled Iran and much of the Near East until the Muslim conquests...

Ammianus Marcellinus, had informed him the Sasanian army had crossed the Tigris, he secured the defenses of Nisibis and proceeded to Amida. After giving...

The pushtigban was an elite military unit of the Sasanian Empire, charged with the protection of the Persian Emperor. They were stationed during peacetime...

Ctesiphon took place from January to March, 637 between the forces of Sasanian Empire and Rashidun Caliphate. Ctesiphon, located on the eastern bank of...