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Rostam Farrokhzad

Type Figure Region Sasanian Persia Time c. 600–636 Also known as Rostam、Rostam of the Farrokhzad family、Last Sasanian military commander

Military commander and powerful figure from the noble Farrokhzad family in the late Sasanian Empire, who directed affairs under the young Yazdegerd I…

Timeline

  1. 628–633Ctesiphon · Sasanian EmpireAfter the death of Khosrow II the empire fell into years of coups and civil war; Rostam rose through court struggles on the strength of his family's power and his military talent, becoming one of the core military nobles of the late period.
  2. 634–635Mesopotamia · MesopotamiaYazdegerd III was young at his accession; Rostam effectively directed military and civil affairs, organizing defenses against the Arab Muslim armies advancing from the south.
  3. 636al-Qadisiyyah · IraqLeading a coalition of Persians and vassals, he fought the Arab army under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas at al-Qadisiyyah; after several days of fierce fighting he was defeated and killed, and Persia lost the central defensive force of Iraq.

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