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The Sassanid Empire was weakened after the war of 602-628 against the Byzantine Empire http://bit.ly/2BLg5lV and their defeats at al-Qadisiyyah http://bit.ly/2QwTBvL and Nahavand at the hands of the Caliphate forces effectively ended the empire. Still, representatives of the House of Sasan continued resisting and found allies - the Tang dynasty in China.

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Sources:
Touraj Daryaee - King of the Seven Climes: A History of the Ancient Iranian World (3000 BCE - 651 CE)
Matteo Comparetti - The Last Sasanians in China
Matteo Comparetti - The Last Sasanians in China (2003) - Eurasian Studies
Touraj Daryaee - Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire


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