Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars | |||||||
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![]() The forces of the Sasanians and Hephthalites fighting | |||||||
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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
- Great Wall of Gorgan, a defense system created to prevent further Hephthalite incursions
- Bandian Fire Temple
- Sasanian–Kidarite wars
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