Pourshariati, Parvaneh. <br/><br/>
Decline and fall of the Sasanian empire :  the Sasanian-Parthian confederacy and the Arab conquest of Iran / 
Parvaneh Pourshariati. 
 - London ;  New York :  New York :  I.B. Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation ;  Distributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave Macmillan,  2008. 
 - xiv, 537 p. :  ill., map, geneal. table ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-498) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. The problem ; Sources and methodology -- Preliminaries. The Arsacids ; Agnatic families -- I. Political history. Sasanian polity revisited: the Sasanian-Parthian confederacy ; The Arab conquest of Iran ; Dynastic politics of Ṭabaristān -- II. Religious currents. Sasanian religious landscape ; Revolts of late antiquity in Khurāsān and Ṭabaristān -- Conclusion -- Tables, figures and map. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781845116453 (hbk.) 1845116453 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA791082  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014276589  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sassanids.<br/>Parthians.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Iran--Foreign relations--Rome.<br/>Rome--Foreign relations--Iran.<br/>Iran--Foreign relations--To 640.<br/>Iran--History--To 640.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS286  / .P68 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>935.07