Sassanids
- plural of Sassanid.
Example Sentences
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At the court of the Sassanids there were singing women who sang to the kings the achievements of old days.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
The Samanids boasted to be sprung from the Sassanids, the Ziads were reproached with being idolaters in heart and Moslem in tongue.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
Under the Arsacids and Sassanids the office continued.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
The Sassanids erected fire-temples in Persia no less than in Aderbeijan; their coins always exhibit the fire-altar, and as a rule two priests before it.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
In the latest period of the dominion of the Sassanids, the recent Middle Persian or Parsee took the place of Pehlevi.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
