Ardashir

Ardashir I
... Ardashir I of Persia (Persian اردشير یکم‎) (died 242 AD) was the founder of the Sassanid Empire, was ruler of Istakhr (since 206?), subsequently ... The dynasty founded by Ardashir would rule for four centuries, until it was overthrown by the Rashidun Caliphate in 651 ... Ardashir (Arđaxšēr from Middle Persian and Parthian Artaxšaθra, Pahlavi ʼrthštr, "Who has the Divine Order as his Kingdom") is also known as Ardeshīr-i Pāpagān "Ardashir, son of Pāpağ", and other ...

Sassanid Castles - History - Origins and Early History (205–310)
... Empire was established in Istakhr by Ardashir I, a descendant of a line of the priests of the goddess Anahita ... certain, however, that following the death of Babak, Ardashir who at the time was the governor of Darabgird, got involved in a power struggle of his own with his elder brother Shapur ... over the protests of his other brothers who were put to death, Ardashir declared himself ruler of Persis ...

Middle Eastern Empires - 486 AD: The Eastern Roman Empire, The Dominion of The Ghassanids, and The Dominion of The Sassanids - The Sassanid Empire
... The first Shah of the Sassanid Dynasty, Ardashir, promised to destroy the Hellenistic influence in Persia, avenge Darius III against the heirs of Alexander, and reconquer all the ... ensued, the Sassanids almost upheld the promises of Ardashir ... Ardashir began his reign by conquering the few lands left under Parthian control as well as invading Armenia ...

History Of Graphic Design - Placards and Posters - Ancient Reliefs
... This Persian rock relief depicts Ardashir I Coronation scene the first king of the Sassanid Empire of Iran ... Ardashir receives the ribboned diadem (cydaris), the symbol of kingship, from the spirit of Darius I of Persia of the Achaemenid dynasty ... Under the horse of the King Ardashir lies the last of the Parthian Kings, Artabanus ...

Letter Of Tansar
... to Zoroastrianism), and presents the first Sassanid dynast Ardashir I as having "restored" the faith to a "firm foundation." The letter is simultaneously a declaration of the unity of Zoroastrian church and ... Tansar appears to have been responding to charges leveled at Ardashir, and the delay to accept Ardashir's suzerainty ... Representative of those charges is the accusation that Ardashir "had taken away fires from the fire-temples, extinguished them and blotted them out." To this, Tansar ...