Sassan [60588]

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One of the most important places where Zoroastrianism was practiced was the city of Istakhr, outside Persepolis. One of the Zoroastrian high priests, Sassan, lived there (A.D. 180). He was succeeded by Papak who established himself as King of Fars under the Parthian King of Kings. This occurred during a period of internal dissension amongst the Parthians and continuous fights with the Romans on the western border. Papak's son Ardeshir, announced his independence from Artabanus V, symbolically, by building a palace of royal pretensions at Firuzabad during one of the more successful wars of the Parthians with Rome. Artabanus turned cast to quell the rebellion only to lose his life in A.D. 224 in a battle with the forces of Ardeshir.
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Istakhr , old town, S Iran. Built largely from the ruins of ancient Persepolis, 3 mi (4.8 km) away, it was a capital of the Sassanid dynasty. Istakhr stubbornly resisted (640\endash 49) the Arabs but soon afterward lost its importance to Shiraz. The name also appears as Stakhr.

Sassan married daughter of Persis [60589] [MRIN: 551617010], daughter of Gochihr King in Persis [60590] and Unknown.