Peroz III

Peroz (Persian: پیروز Piruz [pi ː ru ː z], " The Victorious " ) was a Persian crown prince, son of the last Sassanid king Yazdegerd III. and brother of Prince Bahram. He died in exile in the Chinese imperial court.

Life

After the Arabs were 636 broken into the Persian Empire and the Sassanids had inflicted a crushing defeat at the Battle of already Kadesia, 638 a Persian delegation was sent to the court of the Tang emperor, the Chinese should solicit support against the Arabs. However, the Emperor Taizong refused. 661 Peroz asked the Chinese again to support what was again rejected. Peroz held at this time probably in Sistan a last remnant of Persian rule upright. He minted coins and was apparently recognized by the Chinese as a ruler. He was forced by the Arabs around 663 final escape and was allowed in the Chinese capital Chang'an establish a Exilhof. The Tang Emperor Gaozong took Peroz on friendly. Peroz also received permission to build a Persian temple. It is unclear whether it has acted as a fire temple or perhaps a Christian church, as many followers of Peroz were apparently Christians and supposedly he had married a Christian.

677 posted the Tang Emperor still a force against the Arabs in order to help to power Peroz, but failed the company: The army came only to Kucha. Then Peroz lived in Chang'an until his death. He and later his son Narseh were appointed by the Chinese Emperor to the Governor of Iran. Also, a larger Persian minority remained in Chang'an and is still up to the 9th century detectable.

The mention in Chinese sources ( Jiu Tang shu [ Old History of the Tang ] and Xin Tang shu [New History of the Tang ], the latter source, the former corrected on this point ) that Peroz fled to the Turks, with their help against the Arabs fought and later went to Chang'an, is not entirely clear to classify; perhaps this refers to another person. Peroz ' son Narseh apparently tried to mobilize the Turks against the Arabs. It seems that even years after the conquest of Sassanidenreichs the exiled Persians had hope to eliminate at least in eastern Iran, the Arab rule, which ultimately failed.