
Coin of Ardashir III.
'Ardashir III' (c.
621–
27 April 630) was the twenty-fourth
Sassanid King of Persia from
628 to 630. Son of
Kavadh II (628), he was raised to the throne as a boy of seven years, but was killed 18 months later by his general,
Shahrbaraz (who ruled briefly in 630).
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References
1. Date of death and length of reign taken from the chronicler Tabari, cited in R.W. Thomson (trans.) ''The Armenian History attributed to Sebeos'' (Liverpool: University Press, 1999), p. 223
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