Author(s)/Editor(s): Eduard Khurshudian. ("Die Parthischen und Sasanidischen Verwaltungsinstitutionen- nach den Literarischen und Epigraphischen Quellen 3. The Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːnɪən/ or /səˈseɪnɪən/; also known as Sassanian, Sasanid, Sassanid or Neo-Persian Empire), known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr and Ērān in Middle Persian,[a] was the last Iranian empire before the rise of Islam, ruled by the Sasanian dynasty from 224 CE to 651 CE. ).
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