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    Yazdegerd II (also spelled Yazdgerd and Yazdgird; Middle Persian: 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩), was the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) of Iran from 438 to 457...
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    Yazdegerd III (Middle Persian: 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩; also Romanized Yazdgerd, Yazdgird) was the last Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 632 to 651. His father...
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  • Yazdijird) may refer to: Yazdegerd I (r. 399–420), Sasanian King of Persia Yazdegerd II (r. 438–457), Sasanian King, son of Bahram V Yazdegerd III (r. 632–651)...
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    Yazdegerd I (also spelled Yazdgerd and Yazdgird; Middle Persian: 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩) was the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) of Iran from 399 to 420....
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    (shahanshah) from 420 to 438. The son of the incumbent Sasanian shah Yazdegerd I (r. 399–420), Bahram was at an early age sent to the Lahkmid court in...
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    Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) of Iran from 459 to 484. A son of Yazdegerd II (r. 438–457), he disputed the rule of his elder brother and incumbent...
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    Empire, ruling briefly from 457 to 459. He was the son and successor of Yazdegerd II (r. 438–457). His reign was marked by the rebellion of his younger brother...
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    young Theodosius II (408–450) under his guardianship. Yazdegerd also married a Jewish princess, who bore him a son called Narsi. Yazdegerd I's successor...
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    minted in Pars, used the title of kirbakkar ("beneficent"). The reign of Yazdegerd II (r. 438–457) marks the start of a new inscription on the Sasanian coins;...
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    Nebuchadnezzar II (/ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzər/ NEB-yuu-kəd-NEZ-ər; Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir"; Biblical Hebrew:...
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    Mihr-Narseh (category Generals of Yazdegerd II)
    (wuzurg framadar) of the Sasanian shahanshahs Yazdegerd I (r. 399–420), Bahram V (r. 420–438), Yazdegerd II (r. 438–457) and Peroz I (r. 457–484). According...
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  • officials who had converted to Christianity, and the second in 440, when Yazdegerd II raided Roman Armenia. The Anastasian War ended the longest period of...
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    Kingdom in Hispania.[citation needed] May 26 – Battle of Vartanantz: King Yazdegerd II defeats the Armenian army (66,000 men) under their rebel leader Vartan...
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    Western Empire and a main source of food for Rome. The Sassanid Shah Yazdegerd II invaded Armenia in 441.[citation needed] The Romans stripped the Balkan...
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    fire-altar, most likely constructed during the proselytizing campaign of Yazdegerd II (r. 438–457) against the Christian Armenians, have been found directly...
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    of Mithridates II" Assar, G.R.F., "A Revised Parthian Chronology of the Period 165–91 BC" Qashqai, H., "The successors of Mithridates II" Assar, G.R.F...
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  • was a Sasanian queen (banbishn). She was the wife of the king (shah) Yazdegerd II (r. 438–457), and functioned as queen regent in Ctesiphon during the...
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    Orange (France). King Yazdegerd II of Persia signs a peace treaty after a short war with the Eastern Roman Empire. Theodosius II sends his commander, Anatolius...
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    up to the river Araxes, including Artsakh and Utik. The Sasanian king Yazdegerd II passed an edict requiring all the Christians in his empire to convert...
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    Persian rule, provided they were allowed to practise Christianity; but Yazdegerd II, concerned that the Armenian Church was hierarchically dependent on the...
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    including Artsakh and Utik. In the mid-5th century, the Sassanid King Yazdegerd II passed an edict requiring all the Christians in his empire to convert...
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  • foes of Yazdegerd II (435–457), who from 442, fought 'tribes of the Hephthalites', according to the Armenian Elisee Vardaped. In 453, Yazdegerd moved his...
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    Alkhans) of the northeastern border in check. Indeed, Kavad's grandfather Yazdegerd II (r. 438–457) had managed to hold off the Kidarites during his wars against...
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    Bahram II Bahram III Narseh Hormizd II Adur Narseh Shapur II Ardashir II Shapur III Bahram IV Yazdegerd I Shapur IV Khosrow Bahram V Yazdegerd II Hormizd...
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  • of Baptistry of Neon, Ravenna (Italy) begins (approximate date). King Yazdegerd II summons the leading Armenian nobles to the Persian capital Ctesiphon...
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    punished by the "gods", who represent it. In the years following World War II, Gilgamesh, formerly an obscure figure known only by a few scholars, gradually...
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    slain at Crecganford in battle against Hengist and his son Oisc of Kent. Yazdegerd II dies after a 19-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Hormizd III who...
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  • 5th century by the Kidarites, who forced Yazdegerd I (r. 399–420), Bahram V (r. 420–438), and/or Yazdegerd II (r. 438–457) to pay them tribute. Although...
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    sent by Ahura Mazda to end Yazdegerd's tyranny. Gurgān is known to have held a mint as early as the reign of Yazdegerd II. An unsuccessful revolt led...
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    of Baptistry of Neon, Ravenna (Italy) begins (approximate date). King Yazdegerd II summons the leading Armenian nobles to the Persian capital Ctesiphon...
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