Ascension of Yazdegerd III

Date: June 16, 632 • Location: Tehran, Iran

The final king of the Sasanian Empire of Iran, Yazdegerd III, ascended the throne at the age of eight.

The Sasanian Empire, officially Eranshahr, was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651 AD. Lasting for over four centuries, the length of the Sasanian dynasty's reign over ancient Iran was second only to that of the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia which immediately preceded it.