Persia's Last Prince Fled to China for an Army
Tang Dynasty China

Persia's Last Prince Fled to China for an Army

A Sasanian prince arrived at the Tang Chinese court as a refugee and was given an army—which he used to accomplish almost nothing, and everything.

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Tang DynastySasanian EmpireMedieval AsiaSilk RoadRefugeesPerozIslamic ConquestDiplomacyChinaPersia

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