Decline aSasanian Empire

ISBN: 9781784537470 出版年：2017 页码：552 Parvaneh Pourshariati Bloomsbury Publishing

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage FoundationIt proposes a convincing contemporary answer answer to an ages-old mystery and conundruseventh century CE, did the seemingly powerful and secure Sasanian empire of Persia succumb so quickly and disastrously to the all-conqueriof Islam? Offering an impressive appraisal of the Sasanians' nemesis at the hands of twhich scythed all before them, the author suggests a bold solution to the enigma. On tthe collapse of the Sasanians - given their strength and imperial power in the earlicentury - looks startling and inexplicable. But Professor Pourshariati explains their fall in terms of an earlier corrosion and decline, aof their own internal weaknesses. The decentralised dynastic system of the Sasanian empire, whose backbone was a Sasanian-Parthian alliance, contained the seeds of its own destruction. This confederaunstable, and its degeneration sealed the fadynasty.