v24_0827 - ARABO-SASANIDES Drachme

ARAB-SASANIAN

(686-689/ A.H. 67-70)

'Umar bin 'Ubayd Allah

After the death of Chosroes II, the Sassanid princes brought to power by the feudal lords were assassinated a few months after their coronation. In 632, one of the last survivors of the royal family had to be brought out of hiding to be crowned under the name of Yazdgard III. But four years later, the standard of Kavadh, silk brocade covered with sumptuous jewels and symbol of the power of the Sassanids, fell into the hands of the Arabs. Finally, hunted down after the defeat of Nihavand (642), Yazdgard III ended his flight near Merv, where he was assassinated in 651. 'Umar b. 'Ubayd Allah was governor of Zubayrid.