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In 459, the Hephthalite Empire occupied Bactria and were confronted by the forces of the Sassanid king, Hormizd III. It was then that Peroz I, in an apparent pact with the Hephthalites, killed Hormizd, his brother, and established himself as the new king. He would go on to kill the majority of his family and began a persecution of various Christian sects in his territories. It was this humiliating defeat which led Peroz I to launch a new campaign against the Hephthalites.

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  • Battle of Herat (484)
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  • In 459, the Hephthalite Empire occupied Bactria and were confronted by the forces of the Sassanid king, Hormizd III. It was then that Peroz I, in an apparent pact with the Hephthalites, killed Hormizd, his brother, and established himself as the new king. He would go on to kill the majority of his family and began a persecution of various Christian sects in his territories. It was this humiliating defeat which led Peroz I to launch a new campaign against the Hephthalites.
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  • 100000(xsd:integer)
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Date
  • 484(xsd:integer)
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Caption
  • Map of the Sassanid empire after the disaster against the Hephthalites, light green is the areas the Sassanids lost to the Hephthalites, however, the Sassanids later recaptured occupied land from the Hephthalites.
Result
  • Hephthalite victory.
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Place
  • Herat, Iran
Conflict
  • Battle of Herat
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  • In 459, the Hephthalite Empire occupied Bactria and were confronted by the forces of the Sassanid king, Hormizd III. It was then that Peroz I, in an apparent pact with the Hephthalites, killed Hormizd, his brother, and established himself as the new king. He would go on to kill the majority of his family and began a persecution of various Christian sects in his territories. Peroz I quickly moved to maintain peaceful relations with the Byzantine Empire to the west. To the east, he attempted to check the Hephthalite expansion whose armies had began their conquest of eastern Iran. The Romans supported the Sassanids in these efforts, sending them auxiliary units. The efforts to deter the Hephthalite expansion met with failure when Peroz I chased their forces deep into Hephthalite territory and was surrounded. Peroz I was taken prisoner in 481 and was made to deliver his son, Kavadh I as a hostage for three years, further paying a ransom for his release. It was this humiliating defeat which led Peroz I to launch a new campaign against the Hephthalites.
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