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data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arda%C5%A1%C3%ADr_III." title="Ardašír III. – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ardašír III." data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardaschir_III." title="Ardaschir III. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ardaschir III." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CF%81_%CE%93%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Αρδασίρ Γ΄ της Περσίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αρδασίρ Γ΄ της Περσίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardacher_III" title="Ardacher III – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ardacher III" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%8C_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="اردشیر سوم، شاهنشاه ساسانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اردشیر سوم، شاهنشاه ساسانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardachir_III" title="Ardachir III – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ardachir III" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardashir_III" title="Ardashir III – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Ardashir III" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A5%B4%EB%8B%A4%EC%8B%9C%EB%A5%B4_3%EC%84%B8" title="아르다시르 3세 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아르다시르 3세" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arda%C5%A1ir_III." title="Ardašir III. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ardašir III." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardashir_III" title="Ardashir III – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ardashir III" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arda%C5%A1iras_III" title="Ardaširas III – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ardaširas III" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE,_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="अर्देशर तिसरा, पर्शिया – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="अर्देशर तिसरा, पर्शिया" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA" title="اردشير التالت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اردشير التالت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardasjir_III_av_Persia" title="Ardasjir III av Persia – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ardasjir III av Persia" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaxes_III" title="Artaxes III – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Artaxes III" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80_III" title="Арташир III – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coin_of_Ardashir_III,_Arrajan_mint_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Coin_of_Ardashir_III%2C_Arrajan_mint_%282%29.jpg/220px-Coin_of_Ardashir_III%2C_Arrajan_mint_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Coin_of_Ardashir_III%2C_Arrajan_mint_%282%29.jpg/330px-Coin_of_Ardashir_III%2C_Arrajan_mint_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Coin_of_Ardashir_III%2C_Arrajan_mint_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="407" data-file-height="386" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_drachma" title="Ancient drachma">Drachma</a> of Ardashir III, minted at <a href="/wiki/Arrajan" title="Arrajan">Arrajan</a> in 629.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shahanshahs_of_the_Sasanian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of shahanshahs of the Sasanian Empire">Shahanshah</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">6 September 628 – 27 April 630</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kavad_II" title="Kavad II">Kavad II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shahrbaraz" title="Shahrbaraz">Shahrbaraz</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">621</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">27 April 630 (aged 9)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ctesiphon" title="Ctesiphon">Ctesiphon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Meshan" title="Meshan">Meshan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Sasan" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Sasan">House of Sasan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kavad_II" title="Kavad II">Kavad II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data">Anzoy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ardashir III</b> (<a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Persian language">Middle Persian</a>: <span lang="pal" dir="rtl">𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Middle Persian-language romanization"><i lang="pal-Latn">Ardašir</i></span>; 621 – 27 April 630) was the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian</a> <a href="/wiki/King_of_Kings" title="King of Kings">King of Kings</a> (<span title="Middle Persian-language text"><i lang="pal"><a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">shahanshah</a></i></span>) of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> from 6 September 628 to 27 April 630. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardashir_III&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Ardashir</i> is the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian" title="Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a> form of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Persian" title="Old Persian">Old Persian</a> <i>Ṛtaxšira</i> (also spelled <i>Artaxšaçā</i>, meaning "whose reign is through <a href="/wiki/Asha" title="Asha">truth</a>").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchmitt1986654–655_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchmitt1986654–655-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWiesehöfer1986371–376_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWiesehöfer1986371–376-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> variant of the name is <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Artaxerxes</i></span></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchmitt1986654–655_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchmitt1986654–655-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three kings of the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a> were known to have the same name.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchmitt1986654–655_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchmitt1986654–655-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also recorded in Greek as <i>Adeser</i> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Αδεσήρ</span>; <a href="/wiki/Theophanes_the_Confessor" title="Theophanes the Confessor">Theophanes the Confessor</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartindaleJonesMorris1992106_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMartindaleJonesMorris1992106-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Artaxes</i> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Αρτάξης</span>; <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chronographeion_Syntomon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chronographeion Syntomon (page does not exist)">Chronographeion Syntomon</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardashir_III&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ardashir was the son of king <a href="/wiki/Kavad_II" title="Kavad II">Kavad II</a> (r. 628) and Anzoy, who was a princess from the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartindaleJonesMorris199294_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMartindaleJonesMorris199294-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which made Ardashir less popular among the Iranians, who had recently been in a <a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_War_of_602%E2%80%93628" title="Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628">long and devastating war against the Byzantines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 628, a devastating plague spread through western Iran, which claimed the lives of half of the population, including Kavad II himself.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reign">Reign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardashir_III&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the death of Kavad II, the <i><a href="/wiki/Wuzurgan" title="Wuzurgan">Wuzurgan</a></i> elected Ardashir as his successor, who was only a 7-year-old boy. In reality, however, he exercised little power and his empire was controlled by his vizier <a href="/wiki/Mah-Adhur_Gushnasp" title="Mah-Adhur Gushnasp">Mah-Adhur Gushnasp</a>, whose duty was to protect the empire until Ardashir became old enough to rule. The Iranian historian <a href="/wiki/Al-Tabari" title="Al-Tabari">al-Tabari</a> says the following thing about Mah-Adhur Gushnasp's administration of the Empire; "Mah-Adhur Gushnasp carried on the administration of the kingdom in [such] an excellent fashion, [and with such] firm conduct, [that] no one would have been aware of Ardashir III's youthfulness."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008179_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008179-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the same period, a brother of Mah-Adhur Gushnasp named <a href="/wiki/Narsi" title="Narsi">Narsi</a>, was granted with <a href="/wiki/Kashkar" title="Kashkar">Kashkar</a> as a part of his domains,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorony2005157_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorony2005157-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, even under a strong vizier, things were still looking grim in Iran; Factionalism had greatly increased among the Iranians, and several powerful factions which had emerged during the reign of Ardashir's grandfather <a href="/wiki/Khosrau_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Khosrau II">Khosrau II</a>, had gained firm control of important parts of Iran, while the Sasanian state was less-centralized than it had been under Ardashir's predecessors. Ardashir's ascension was supported by both the <i>Pahlav</i> (Parthian) and <i>Parsig</i> (Persian) faction, and a third major faction named the <i>Nimruzi</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008178,_209_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008178,_209-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, sometime in 629, the <i>Nimruzi</i> withdrew their support for the shah, and started to conspire with the distinguished Iranian general <a href="/wiki/Shahrbaraz" title="Shahrbaraz">Shahrbaraz</a> to overthrow him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008209_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008209-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Pahlav</i>, under their leader <a href="/wiki/Farrukh_Hormizd" title="Farrukh Hormizd">Farrukh Hormizd</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ispahbudhan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ispahbudhan">Ispahbudhan</a> clan, responded by supporting Ardashir's aunt <a href="/wiki/Boran" title="Boran">Boran</a> as the new ruler of Iran, who subsequently started minting coins in the <i>Pahlav</i> areas of <a href="/wiki/Amol" title="Amol">Amol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nishapur" title="Nishapur">Nishapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gurgan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurgan">Gurgan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ray,_Iran" title="Ray, Iran">Ray</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008209_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008209-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One year later, Shahrbaraz with a force of 6,000 men marched towards <a href="/wiki/Ctesiphon" title="Ctesiphon">Ctesiphon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ctesiphon_(629)" title="Siege of Ctesiphon (629)">besieged the city</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shahrbaraz, however, was unable to capture the city, and then made an alliance with <a href="/wiki/Piruz_Khosrow" title="Piruz Khosrow">Piruz Khosrow</a>, the leader of the <i>Parsig</i>, and the previous minister of the Empire during the reign of Ardashir's father.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008180_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008180-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the support of both the <i>Parsig</i> and <i>Nimruzi</i>, Shahrbaraz <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ctesiphon_(629)" title="Siege of Ctesiphon (629)">captured Ctesiphon</a> and executed Ardashir, Mah-Adhur Gushnasp himself, and many other prominent nobles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shahrbaraz then ascended the Iranian throne. According to late folklore, Ardashir was buried at an unknown place in <a href="/wiki/Meshan" title="Meshan">Meshan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coinage">Coinage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardashir_III&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Coinage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like his father, Ardashir III refrained from using the title of <span title="Middle Persian-language text"><i lang="pal"><a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">shahanshah</a></i></span> ("<a href="/wiki/King_of_Kings" title="King of Kings">King of Kings</a>") on his coin engravings. This was probably done in order distance themselves from <a href="/wiki/Khosrow_II" title="Khosrow II">Khosrow II</a>, who had restored the title.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013837_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchindel2013837-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardashir_III&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardashir_III&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESchmitt1986654–655-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchmitt1986654–655_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchmitt1986654–655_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchmitt1986654–655_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSchmitt1986">Schmitt 1986</a>, pp. 654–655.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWiesehöfer1986371–376-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWiesehöfer1986371–376_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWiesehöfer1986">Wiesehöfer 1986</a>, pp. 371–376.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMartindaleJonesMorris1992106-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartindaleJonesMorris1992106_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992">Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992</a>, p. 106.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.attalus.org/translate/syntomon.html">"Chronographeion Syntomon (Short Chronicle), page 96"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chronographeion+Syntomon+%28Short+Chronicle%29%2C+page+96&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.attalus.org%2Ftranslate%2Fsyntomon.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArdashir+III" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1986381-382_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFShahbazi1986">Shahbazi 1986</a>, p. 381-382.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMartindaleJonesMorris199294-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartindaleJonesMorris199294_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992">Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992</a>, p. 94.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFShahbazi2005">Shahbazi 2005</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008179-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008179_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, p. 179.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorony2005157-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorony2005157_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorony2005">Morony 2005</a>, p. 157.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008178,_209-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008178,_209_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, pp. 178, 209.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008209-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008209_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008209_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, p. 209.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008180-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008180_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, p. 180.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESchindel2013837-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013837_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSchindel2013">Schindel 2013</a>, p. 837.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardashir_III&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorony2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Morony" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Morony">Morony, Michael G.</a> (2005) [1984]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uhjSiRAwGuEC"><i>Iraq After The Muslim Conquest</i></a>. Gorgias Press LLC. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59333-315-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59333-315-7"><bdi>978-1-59333-315-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Iraq+After+The+Muslim+Conquest&rft.pub=Gorgias+Press+LLC&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-1-59333-315-7&rft.aulast=Morony&rft.aufirst=Michael+G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DuhjSiRAwGuEC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArdashir+III" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2023">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992" class="citation cs2">Martindale, John R.; Jones, A.H.M.; Morris, John (1992), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fBImqkpzQPsC"><i>The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume III: AD 527–641</i></a>, Cambridge University Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-20160-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-521-20160-8"><bdi>0-521-20160-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Prosopography+of+the+Later+Roman+Empire%2C+Volume+III%3A+AD+527%E2%80%93641&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-521-20160-8&rft.aulast=Martindale&rft.aufirst=John+R.&rft.au=Jones%2C+A.H.M.&rft.au=Morris%2C+John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfBImqkpzQPsC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArdashir+III" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPourshariati2008" class="citation book cs1">Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=I-xtAAAAMAAJ"><i>Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran</i></a>. 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History". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ardasir-i"><i>Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 4</i></a>. pp. 371–376.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Arda%C5%A1%C4%ABr+I+i.+History&rft.btitle=Encyclopaedia+Iranica%2C+Vol.+II%2C+Fasc.+4&rft.pages=371-376&rft.date=1986&rft.aulast=Wieseh%C3%B6fer&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iranicaonline.org%2Farticles%2Fardasir-i&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArdashir+III" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardashir_III&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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I">Ardashir I</a> <small>(224–242)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shapur_I" title="Shapur I">Shapur I</a> <small>(240–270)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hormizd_I" title="Hormizd I">Hormizd I</a> <small>(270–271)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bahram_I" title="Bahram I">Bahram I</a> <small>(271–274)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bahram_II" title="Bahram II">Bahram II</a> <small>(274–293)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bahram_III" title="Bahram III">Bahram III</a> <small>(293)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Narseh" title="Narseh">Narseh</a> <small>(293–303)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hormizd_II" title="Hormizd II">Hormizd II</a> <small>(303–309)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adur_Narseh" title="Adur Narseh">Adur Narseh</a> <small>(309)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shapur_II" title="Shapur II">Shapur II</a> <small>(309–379)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ardashir_II" title="Ardashir II">Ardashir II</a> <small>(379–383)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shapur_III" title="Shapur III">Shapur III</a> <small>(383–388)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bahram_IV" title="Bahram IV">Bahram IV</a> <small>(388–399)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yazdegerd_I" title="Yazdegerd I">Yazdegerd I</a> <small>(399–420)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shapur_IV" title="Shapur IV">Shapur IV</a> <small>(420)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Khosrow_(son_of_Bahram_IV)" title="Khosrow (son of Bahram IV)">Khosrow</a> <small>(420)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bahram_V" title="Bahram V">Bahram V</a> 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