Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars Explained

Date:	5th-century-7th-century
Place:	Khorasan and Transoxiana
Result:	Perso-Turkic victory
Combatant1:	Sasanian Empire Western Turkic Khaganate (557-562)
Combatant2:	Hephthalite Empire
Commander1:	Bahram V Peroz I Mihran Sukhra Kavadh I Khosrow I Istämi
Commander2:	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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Notes and References

1. Wiesehofer, J., 2001, Ancient Persia: from 550BC-650AD, I.B.Tauris, New York, pp.173