Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran
Zaval va Forupashi-ye Sasaniyan
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'Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire' has already been praised as one of the most intellectually exciting books about ancient Persia to have been published for years. It proposes a convincing contemporary answer to an ages-old mystery and conundrum: why, in the seventh century CE, did the seemingly powerful and secure Sasanian empire of Persia succumb so quickly and disastrously to the all-conquering Arab armies of Islam? Offering an impressive appraisal of the Sasanians' nemesis at the hands of the Arab forces which scythed all before them, the author suggests a bold solution to the enigma. On the face of it, the collapse of the Sasanians - given their strength and imperial power in the earlier part of the century - looks startling and inexplicable. But Professor Pourshariati explains their fall in terms of an earlier corrosion and decline, and as a result of their own internal weaknesses. The decentralised dynastic system of the Sasanian empire, whose backbone was a Sasanian-Parthian alliance, contained the seeds of its own destruction. This confederacy soon became unstable, and its degeneration sealed the fate of a doomed dynasty.
نويسنده در کتاب حاضر ابتدا به بررسی ساختار حکومت ساسانيان و نقش خاندانهای پارتی در استحکام دولت ساسانی میپردازد. وی به اصلاحات خسرو اول میپردازد که از جمله دلايل زوال دولت ساسانی، و آسيبپذيری آن در قبال حمله اعراب بوده است. در ادامه نيز طی دو فصل به جزئيات عمليات نظامی اعراب تا پيش از وقوع نبرد سرنوشتساز قادسيه پرداخته شده است.