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Overview
The last of the Sasanian kings. When affairs grew hard for the Persians, Rustam and al-Firuzan searched for the sons of Khusraw. It is said that a boy named Yazdegerd remained, of the line of Shahriyar ibn Khusraw, whose mother was from Badurya, and they took her with him 1.
His flight and death
He fled to Khurasan in the year thirty AH 2. The index of al-Tabari records his death in the year 31 AH 3.
al-Baladhuri reports that he fled from al-Mada'in to Hulwan, then to Isfahan, then Istakhr, Kirman, Sistan and Khurasan. Then Mahawayh, lord of Marw, with Nizak Tarkhan, combined against him, and he was killed at Bayt Tahhan on al-Raghab. It is also said that he was strangled with a bowstring and thrown into the water 4.
Connections
- Participated in
- The Death of Yazdgard ibn Shahriyar
People and things also explored
Abd Allah ibn Amir· Firuz son of Yazdgard III· Mahuwayh· Nizak Tarkhan· Merv· The Death of Yazdgard ibn Shahriyar
Sources
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.3 p.477
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.4 p.286
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.4 p.581
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “يزدجرد بن شهريار”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yazdegerd-iii/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.