Sassanid

American  

[suh-sah-nid, -san-id] / səˈsɑ nɪd, -ˈsæn ɪd /

Also Sassanian

noun

plural

Sassanids, Sassanidae

1. a member of a dynasty that ruled in Persia a.d. 226–651.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sassanids or their dynasty.

Sassanid British  

/ ˈsæsənɪd /

noun

1. any member of the native dynasty that built and ruled an empire in Persia from 224 to 636 _a.d

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Other Word Forms

• Sassanian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Sassanid

1770–80; Sassan grandfather of first king of dynasty + -id ¹

Example Sentences

Named a World Heritage site in 2015, it was “an important center of the Roman, Sassanid, Byzantine, Islamic and Ottoman periods,” she added.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

The ancient city of Hatra fended off two Roman emperors and repulsed a ruler of Persia’s powerful Sassanid dynasty.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 10, 2015

Another reason for Muslim success was the persecution suffered by people under Byzantine or Sassanid rule because they did not support the official state religions, Christianity or Zoroastrianism.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The Byzantine and Sassanid empires had been in conflict for a long period of time and were exhausted militarily.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Their banishment from Edessa in 489 drove the Nestorian scholars to Persia, where the Sassanid rulers gave them a welcome; and there they continued their labours on the Organon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various