Talk:Yazdegerd III

message: The disambig is Yazdegerd, while the other two Yazdegerd's are spelled with the middle 'e'.  For some reason this convention isn't favored here.  I suggest switching this with its redirect, Yazdegerd III.  The Behnam 17:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency 

message: A link suggests Yazdgerd belonged to mitochondrial DNA haplogroup J1a , if there's a better reference it could be added to the proper Yazdgerd article. Nagelfar 18:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Persian Shah Yazdgerd III and R1b1a2*-M269, or R-Z2105 Y Chromosome. This the Y male royal lineage not J1a mtDNA, 2603:6081:4F00:C91C:2D77:EE5A:47B1:E011 (talk) 13:46, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  genetic haplogroup 

message: The fact that recent historians on Iran still seriously entertain the notion that, after three quarters of a millennium since the establishment of the Parthian Empire, there still was a separation between a Pahlav and a Parsig elite, as claimed by Pourshariati ea, only shows that much of the historiography of Iran is still in a pre-scientific, mythical phase, and numismatics, archaeology, historical theory, and other modern scientific approaches are only being misused to fill in the shortcomings of the literary sources. The use of the words Pahlav and Parsig in M.Persian have a geographical connotation, not an ethnic connotation, they refer to points of the compass, i.e. the North and the South, just as Firdausi's "Roman armour" does not come from the Romans , but from the Western part of the Sasanian Empire, "Indian swords" do not come from South Asia but from the Southern part of the Empire, and Tabari's "Tibetan helmets" do not come from Tibet, but from Eastern Iran, cf. Alofs Studies on Mounted Warfare in Asia III, War in History 2015 vol. 22(2) 137, 139.217.63.243.52 (talk) 07:12, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Airing your personal opinions on Talk Pages is completely useless. Do you have a Reliable Source to discuss for the improvement of the article?50.111.23.144 (talk) 21:35, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pahlav and Parsig 

message: attention to the author of this part of the article:
Arabs occupied Ctesiphon, and the young King fled into Media. Yazdgerd III then fled eastward from one district to another, until at last he was killed by a local miller for his purse at Merv in 651.
the reference to this particular line of the article is obsolete; link to the article is not available. but in the Sassanid Empire article can refer to this, with reference available.
look at the sassania chronology, then look for year 651. you will read:
651: Last Sassanid ruler Yazdegerd III was captured and beheaded by Arabian army invaders at Merv, present-day Turkmenistan, ending the dynasty. His son Pirooz and many others went into exile in China.
Xmlv (talk) 12:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  the accuracy of death of Shahanshah Yazdegerd III... 

message: While I don't doubt that Omar and Yazdgerd might have communicated, AFAIK, the letters referred to in this article, are forgeries. If you have any proof that these letters are genuine, please post your academic references and a legible copy of the letters. I would be more than happy to read, translate and comment on these letters. I am removing this paragraph. 81.102.133.106 (talk) 17:41, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Communication between Omar and Yazdgerd 

message: That letter has been proved to be a forgery, so why is that letter on the wiki article?. I have kept the article and also added some texts stating that it has been proven to be a forgery.
http://www.iranian.com/Rezakhani/2005/January/Letter/index.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.255.146.224 (talk) 15:29, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It hasn't been proved to be a forgery, this is one person's opinion on a blog. Please provide some reliable sources. warrior4321 01:15, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Providing a personal website in its defense is no better; you have to have a reputable scholarly writing to back it up, be it from a book or a scholarly journal.  As of yet, I have not seen this letter mentioned in any books or scholarly writings.  So far, it seems it has appeared only on personal websites, Jedi Master MIK (talk) 02:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Letter between Omar and Yazdgerd has been proven to be a forgery 

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message: Though there's nothing wrong with this line in purely a grammatical sense, I can't help but feel it could be worded better. If he was "almost" the last living member, wouldn't it be clearer and less confusing to simply state just how close to being the last living member he was? Thoughts on this? If there's no feedback after a few days I might go ahead and reword that line. Jersey John (talk) 13:52, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Yazdegerd III was almost the last living member of the House of Sasan." 

message: The DOB of Yazdegard at his page as 624 AD and date of birth  of his son Peroz III as 636 AD makes no sense.  Thus necessary correction is required. Nannadeem (talk) 11:39, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of birth of Yazdegard-III

message: No details about Shahar Yar are available, however, history provides a clue that father of Yazdegard, Shahar Yar was in hideout with the help of his mother Shirin, the beloved wife of Khosrow II. That was why he remained out of cage when Khosrow II put all his sons in confinement on account of a prophecy regarding fall of Sassanian Empire from astrologist-cum-Zoroastrian religious authority.
The American biographer Washington Irving in his two volume book "Mahomet and His Successors" at page-282 Topic Othman writes that Yazdegard was 34 years old when killed on 23-08-651 AD.  Muslim Persian historian Abu Hanifa Dinawari states that Yazdegard was 16 years old when installed on throne. If we subtract 34 years from date of his killing i.e. 51 minus 34, then we get 17. This figure matches to the date of Abu Hanifa Dinawari. Thus we get the date of birth of Yazdegard as 617 AD.  
We have already at our record 636 AD as the date of birth of Peroz III the son of Yazdegard. Besides, from Chinese sources teen age of Peroz is also on record which stands him at 13-15 years.  Thus the date of birth should qualify the Biological criteria, the date of birth of Yazdegard must be 617 AD.  Before I put the correct date of birth of Yazdegard in his page info-box, rational objections are solicited. Nannadeem (talk) 12:25, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth on statistical calculaton

message: In response to help requests by Yazdegard to different rulers/governors during his last days, al-Tabri and Ibn Khaldun cited that either in a face to face meeting of Yazdegard with Nazk Turkhan or through a designed letter to Yazdegard, both historiographers highlight about a proposal for marriage with one of daughters of Yazdegard as a reward and strengthening of mutual relationship. Through Chinese sources, it is also mentioned that after murder of Yadegard, his son Peroz III wrote a letter to his sister who was the wife of the Chinese Emperor for dispatch of troops in aid.  Thus in presence of references about a married daughter and marriage proposals for his other daughter(s) during help request by Yazdegard suggest that birth date of Yazdegard was ca 620 AD or earlier, in view of biological demands.Nannadeem (talk) 18:45, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Further stress on age capable to satisfy biological demand

message: Perhaps there is some other author that wrote the book? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.112.11.229 (talk) 
:Clearly the book has been re-printed, even after his death. However, given that Washington Irving was not an academic historian, I would not use that book as a source. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:49, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Washington Irving died in the 1850s ... the book "Mahomet and His Successors" should not be attributed to him. 

message: This article needs a purge. Outdated sources like Washington Irving, and random websites such as   is not gonna work. --HistoryofIran (talk) 01:47, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Also a lot of stuff I wrote a few years ago on this article needs to be removed/rewritten. --HistoryofIran (talk) 17:47, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article needs a purge 

message: Just wanted to give an extended explanation for why I added a link to Shahr Banu on the list of Yazdegerd’s children in the infobox.
According to Islamic histories, Shahr Banu was a daughter of Yazdegerd III who was captured during the Muslim conquest of Persia and married to Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. While she was almost certainly a mythical figure (note that I have added “alleged” after her name), you must bear in mind that Yazdegerd is strongly connected with the Shahr Banu legend. A Google search reveals that a large majority of the results for “Yazdegerd III” have some mention of “Shahr Banu” in them (24,800 for “Yazdegerd III” vs 21,600 for "Yazdegerd III"+"Shahr Banu"). I believe such a strong association warrants at least a small acknowledgement in the article. Also note that I have heavily rewritten the Shahr Banu article to what I hope is a more professional level and that I had made it abundantly clear that there are serious doubts regarding her existence. I therefore believe that there is no risk of misinforming the average reader by including the link. Alivardi (talk) 12:08, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Adding a link to Shahr Banu