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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 2175717, member: 44140&quot;]We cant forget about the Sons of Persia the children of the Shah Yazdegard III who fled to China 80 or so years earlier seeking refuage from the Arabs.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From wikipedia...</p><p><b>&quot;Bahram VII</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Persian_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Persian_language" rel="nofollow">Middle Persian</a>: , Wahrām, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" rel="nofollow">Persian</a>: بهرام یکم‎, <i>Bahrām</i>) was the son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdegerd_III" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdegerd_III" rel="nofollow">Yazdegerd III</a>, the last <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah" rel="nofollow">Shahanshah</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" rel="nofollow">Sasanian Empire</a>. After the death of his father at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv" rel="nofollow">Merv</a> in 651, Bahram fled to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Dynasty" rel="nofollow">China</a> along with many other Sasanian nobles, where he and his brother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peroz_III" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peroz_III" rel="nofollow">Peroz III</a> asked the Chinese Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Gaozong_of_Tang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Gaozong_of_Tang" rel="nofollow">Gaozong</a> to support them in their fight against the Arabs. Bahram repeatedly tried to recapture the occupied Iranian territories from the Arabs, which he did not succeed in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bahram died in 710, his son, Prince Khosrau (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" rel="nofollow">Chinese</a>: Juluo), continued his father&#039;s military efforts. However, Khosrau&#039;s campaigns and his first successful invasion into Persia were eventually unsuccessful.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my coin of Yazdegard III. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sassanian Persia</p><p><b>(Sijistan)Sistan</b>, <b>Iran</b></p><p>Yazdegard III (r. 632-651 AD)</p><p>AR Drachm dated ry. 3 (635 AD) mint SK.</p><p>31 mm x 3.86 g</p><p>Obverse: Bust of Juvenile Yazdegard III Pahlavi Legend- Yazdegard, Splendor, Prosperity</p><p>Reverse: Zoroastrian Fire Altar flanked by two aattendants</p><p>Ref: Gobl 234</p><p>Note: Chipped, rusty dies, very scarce. Last ruling member of the House of Sasan.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]420689[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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