Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars

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Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars
The forces of the Sasanians and Hephthalites fighting
Date 5th-century-7th-century Location Khorasan and Transoxiana Result Perso-Turkic victory
Belligerents
Sasanian Empire Western Turkic Khaganate (557-562)	Hephthalite Empire
Commanders and leaders
Bahram V Peroz I † Mihran † Sukhra Kavadh I Khosrow I Istämi	Khushnavaz Ghaftar

The Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Hephthalites and the Sasanian Empire. The most significant of these occurring in 484 with the death of Shah Peroz I by the Hephthalites.^[1]

See also[edit]

• Great Wall of Gorgan, a defense system created to prevent further Hephthalite incursions
• Bandian Fire Temple

References[edit]

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