Death of Yazdgerd
Original title: مرگ یزدگرد
“Marg-e Yazdgerd”
7.8(12)19821h 53mFA
Directed by Bahram Beyzai
A poetic imagining of the circumstances leading to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, remains mysterious: his corpse is discovered in a mill, but the cause of death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.
iranregicide7th centurysasanian empireearly muslim conquests
