The Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars were a series of conflicts between the
Hephthalites
The Hephthalites (), sometimes called the White Huns (also known as the White Hunas, in Iranian languages, Iranian as the ''Spet Xyon'' and in Sanskrit and Prakrit as the ''Sveta-huna''), were a people who lived in Central Asia during the 5th to ...
and the
Sasanian Empire
The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranian peoples, Iranians"), was an List of monarchs of Iran, Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, th ...
. The most significant of these occurring in 484 with the death of Shah
Peroz I
Peroz I () was the Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings () of History of Iran, Iran from 459 to 484. A son of Yazdegerd II (), he disputed the rule of his elder brother and incumbent king Hormizd III (), eventually seizing the throne after a ...
by the Hephthalites.
[Wiesehofer, J., 2001, Ancient Persia: from 550BC-650AD, I.B.Tauris, New York, pp.173]
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Great Wall of Gorgan, a defense system created to prevent further Hephthalite incursions
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Bandian Fire Temple
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Sasanian–Kidarite wars
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Battles involving the Hephthalites
Battles involving the Sasanian Empire
5th-century conflicts
6th-century conflicts
7th-century conflicts
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