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- adjective Alternative form of
Sassanian . - noun Alternative form of
Sassanian .
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Examples
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I see an old man of Sassanid origin trying to revive the unity among the Airyanem Vaejah nations.
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I see an old man of Sassanid origin trying to revive the unity among the Airyanem Vaejah nations.
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I see an old man of Sassanid origin trying to revive the unity among the Airyanem Vaejah nations.
Printing: Iran and the Spirit of the Airyanem Vaejah Nation 2010
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Sapor I, a Sassanid shah, chose to humiliate his captured foe, the Roman emperor Valerian, in 259 AD by forcing the emperor to kneel and act as a footstool so Sapor could mount his horse: the shah then had Valerian executed.
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It goes back to the seventh century, when the last Sassanid shah, Yazdegerd III, lost a 14-year struggle to drive the Umayyad Caliphate out of the Persian Empire.
Jamal Dajani: Will Iran Come Out Of The Nuclear Closet? 2009
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Extract: first sentence: "The Muslim conquest of Persia led to the end of the Sassanid Empire in 644, of the Sassanid dynasty in 651 and the eventual extirpation of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia."
OPEN THREAD. 2009
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The Sassanid Empire went back to the idea of a united Aryan nation as it was before the Medes and the Achaemenids Empires.
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It is possible that the Arab leaders forged the Islamic teachings and Islamic history so they could take over the Sassanid and Byzantine Empires.
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The rest of the Sassanid line advanced with the Infantry held back a bit.
At Nick's Garage 30/05/08 Cromwell MkI 2008
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They were the rulers during the Sassanid Empire before the Islamic Arab army conquered the land of the Aryan people.
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