The Sasanian Empire
الدولة الساسانية (الفرس)
The Persian power rebuilt by Ardashir from 226 CE: it ruled Iraq and the Gulf, kept the Lakhmid kings of al-Hira as frontier wardens, and absorbed Yemen as a province after expelling the Abyssinians until Badhan’s conversion.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia · Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
The Sasanian state (Persia): from Ardashir, 226 CE; it ruled Iraq and the Gulf, used al-Hira's kings as guards, then governed Yemen.
In the sira presentation
Al-Mubarakpuri devotes a chapter to government and rule among the Arabs before Islam, dividing the peninsula's rulers into non-independent crowned kings (Yemen's kings, the Ghassanid house and al-Hira's kings) and independent tribal chiefs 1.
Connections
- Fought by
- Heraclius
- Ruled by
- Khosrow II
- Participated in
- The Battle of Dhu QarLiberation and Persian Rule of Yemen
People and things also explored
The Byzantine EmpirePre-Islamic ArabiaMuhammadal-Nuʾman ibn al-MundhirBadhan (last Persian governor of Yemen)Hani ibn Masʾud al-ShaybaniIyas ibn Qabisa al-TaʾiSayf ibn Dhi Yazan (Maʾdikarib)
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Sasanian Empire”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/sasanian-empire/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.