Touraj Daryaee is a historian of ancient Iran, and this I.B. Tauris book is his general academic history of the Sasanian Persian empire, covering its rise, its centuries as a major power alongside Rome and Byzantium, and its eventual fall to the early Islamic conquests. Its strength is accessible synthesis of Sasanian history grounded in the available Persian, Greek and Arabic source material, giving a period that receives less popular attention than Achaemenid Persia or the Roman world a clear connected narrative treatment. Its limit is that, as a general history covering several centuries in one volume, it moves quickly across any single reign or topic, so a claim needing detailed treatment of one specific Sasanian king's religious policy, for instance, is better served by a focused study of that reign than by this broad survey alone.
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AuthorTouraj Daryaee
PublisherI.B. Tauris
Publication Year2009
Source Typebook
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Reliability Tier1
A general scholarly history of the Sasanian Persian empire from an academic press. NotesGeneral history of the Sasanian Persian empire.
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This source names Iran directly: "Daryaee is a historian of ancient Iran, and this I.B."
This source names Persians directly: "Touraj Daryaee is a historian of ancient Iran, and this I.B."
Rome, Cities This source names Rome directly: "centuries as a major power alongside Rome and Byzantium, and its eventual fall to the early Islamic conquests."
Claims Backed By This Source (57 claims)
This source backs 57 claims across the atlas. As facts: 40 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 open question. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Historical Figures, 17 claims: 12 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 open question, 2 general references.
- Open Questions, 14 claims: 11 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Empires & Polities, 7 claims: 2 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Religions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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