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The 95 pages that link to Sasanian Empire, each with the reason it gives.

• Kermanshah ProvinceRelated: Sasanian royal reliefs at Taq-e Bostan preserve the empire’s presence in the province.

• Sa'd ibn Abi WaqqasCompared with: Its defeat in Iraq marked the loss of the imperial power Sa'd fought.

• Sasanian coinageNarrower topic: Its rulers issued the currency that gives Sasanian coinage its name.

• ZurvanismRelated: Zurvanism is especially associated with theological debates in this imperial period.

• Battle of EdessaNarrower topic: Its armies under Shapur I turned the Roman campaign into a strategic victory.

• Battle of NahavandNarrower topic: Nahavand was a decisive military blow to the empire's remaining capacity to resist conquest.

• Kingdom of IberiaRelated: Sasanian pressure and intervention constrained Iberian kingship before its abolition.

• Lazic WarCompared with: Its occupation of Lazica challenged Byzantine claims and prompted the war.

• ZoroasterRelated: Its rulers and priests helped establish authoritative forms of Zoroastrian tradition long after Zoroaster.

• Fars ProvinceRelated: Its rulers built cities and monuments across Fars, including Bishapur.

• History of IranBroader topic: Sasanian institutions and wars shaped Iran immediately before the Arab-Muslim conquest.

• Ibn al-Muqaffa’Related: Its courtly and political traditions formed part of the Persian inheritance behind his writing.

• Imru' al-QaisRelated: The political world around his Kindite family was shaped by Sasanian power.

• Lakhmid KingdomRelated: Sasanian rulers sponsored Lakhmid kings as allies and frontier agents.

• Markazi ProvinceRelated: Sasanian-era sites in the province preserve traces of its late antique political landscape.

• Muslim conquest of TransoxianaRelated: Its collapse removed a major regional power that had contested control of the Oxus frontier.

• Persian mythologyRelated: Its late antique religious scholarship helped preserve and systematize mythic materials.

• Yazdegerd IIINarrower topic: Yazdegerd inherited this empire after years of succession struggles and war.

• AtropateneRelated: Its provincial and linguistic traditions carried forward a later form of Atropatene’s name.

• Bahram ChobinNarrower topic: Bahram’s rebellion challenged the monarchy governing Iran.

• Severus AlexanderRelated: Alexander campaigned against the Sasanians, whose expansion challenged Rome’s eastern frontier.

• Anastasius I DicorusCompared with: Its power made the eastern frontier a diplomatic and military priority for Anastasius.

• Arg-e BamRelated: Bam grew within a region shaped by Sasanian rule and infrastructure.

• Bahram VNarrower topic: Bahram’s kingship belonged to this dynasty and imperial state.

• BarbadNarrower topic: Its royal court provided the setting for Barbad’s musical career.

• Battle of AvarayrRelated: Its rulers sought to bring Armenia more firmly under Persian political and religious authority.

• Byzantine–Sasanian WarNarrower topic: The war’s aftermath accelerated the instability that preceded the empire’s fall.

• Culture of IranBroader topic: Sasanian court culture and Zoroastrian institutions shaped ideas of Iranian kingship and heritage.

• DezfulNarrower topic: The bridge is commonly associated with Sasanian engineering and rule.

• Greater IranBroader topic: Its institutions and cultural influence shaped later ideas of Iranian political and cultural unity.

• KhorramabadNarrower topic: Several historic structures in Khorramabad are associated with Sasanian rule.

• MazdakismNarrower topic: Mazdakism developed within this empire’s political and religious institutions.

• Rav AshiRelated: Rav Ashi’s academy operated in Babylonia under Sasanian rule.

• Salman al-FarsiNarrower topic: Salman’s Persian origins place his early life against the empire’s religious and political landscape.

• Shapur IINarrower topic: Shapur II’s authority and policies operated through this imperial state.

• Academy of GondishapurNarrower topic: The academy developed within the empire’s political and intellectual institutions.

• Adi ibn ZaydNarrower topic: Adi's diplomatic service connected him to the empire that dominated al-Hira's regional politics.

• BaqubahRelated: Its frontier and settlement networks encompassed eastern Iraq before the Islamic conquests.

• BorzuyaNarrower topic: Borzuya’s court service and the Middle Persian translation belong to this empire.

• Guarded Domains of IranRelated: Sasanian royal ideology helped shape later Persian ideas of legitimate rule.

• Hamadan ProvinceRelated: Its rule connected the region to a later imperial phase of Iranian history.

• History of DagestanRelated: Sasanian campaigns and fortifications anchored Persian power along Dagestan’s Caspian frontier.

• KartirNarrower topic: Kartir gained influence within this empire’s royal court and religious institutions.

• MazdaismRelated: Sasanian rule shaped Mazdaism's clerical organization and textual preservation.

• Music of IranRelated: Later accounts associate its court culture with influential musicians and musical patronage.