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Therefore the Arabs designate the whole complex of towns which lay together around Seleucia and Ctesiphon and formed the residence of the Sassanids by the name Madāin, “the cities,”—their number is often given as seven.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

They succumbed to the Persian dynasty of the Sassanids, who ruled successfully for about four centuries, established the Zoroastrian faith as their state religion, and maintained a creditable conflict with the East Roman empire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Semiramis, but her brother was the first Sassan, the ancestor of the Sassanids.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max

Though the Sassanids sought to restore the kingdom of the Achæmenids, and immortalise their own achievements beside those of the early kings, the religious revival which they undertook was far more thorough than the political.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max

IX., or XI., of the Sassanids, but which of them is not known.

From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)