# Yazdegerd III

> The last shah of the Sasanian Empire, crowned at eight and killed by a miller at the edge of nowhere after twenty years of flight from the Arab armies that ended four centuries of Iranian rule.

*The 27th and last Sasanian emperor (632–651)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/yazdegerd-iii

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 624
- **Died:** 652
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Yazdegerd III, grandson of Khosrow II, was placed on the throne in 632 as a child figurehead after his aunt Boran's murder, inheriting an empire already hollowed out by civil war, Byzantine conflict, and invasions by Göktürks and Khazars. Real power sat with feuding commanders and aristocrats while the young shah watched. The Rashidun Caliphate's crushing victory at al-Qadisiyyah and the fall of Ctesiphon in the 630s sent him running province to province, pleading for armies that never came. He appealed to Tang China and got nothing; his arrogance and impossible demands only pushed away the war-broken margraves who might have rallied. In 651, near Merv, a miller killed him—possibly on a local margrave's word—and the Sasanian line went dark.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 4.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208463)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdegerd_III)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Yazdegerd%20III)
- [يزدجرد التالت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA)
- [اۆچونجو یزدگرد](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%86%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88_%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF)
- [III Yezdəgird](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/III_Yezd%C9%99gird)
- [তৃতীয় ইয়াযদগারদ](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A6)
- [Isdigerdes III](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdigerdes_III)
- [یەزدگردی سێیەم](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%DB%95%D8%B2%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8E%DB%8C%DB%95%D9%85)
- [Jazdkart III.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazdkart_III.)
- [Yazdegerd 3.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdegerd_3.)
- [Yazdegerd III.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdegerd_III.)
- [Yezdıgırd III](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yezd%C4%B1g%C4%B1rd_III)
- [Ισδιγέρδης Γ΄ της Περσίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%83%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Yazdgerd III](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdgerd_III)
- [یزدگرد سوم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Yazdegerd III](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdegerd_III)
- [Yazdgard III](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdgard_III)
- [یزد گرد سوم](https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%AF_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Iazdeguerd III](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iazdeguerd_III)
- [יזדגרד השלישי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%96%D7%93%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99)
- [Jezdegerd III.](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezdegerd_III.)
- [III. Jazdagird szászánida király](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/III._Jazdagird_sz%C3%A1sz%C3%A1nida_kir%C3%A1ly)
- [Yazdegerd III](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdegerd_III)
- [Yazdgard III](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdgard_III)
- [Wikiquote](https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Яздегерд III](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4_III)
- [يزدجرد الثالث](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB)

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