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Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars

{{Short description|Series of conflicts}}

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| caption = The forces of the Sasanians and Hephthalites fighting

| date = 5th-century-7th-century

| place = Khorasan and Transoxiana

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| result = Perso-Turkic victory

  • The Hephthalite Empire breaks into minor kingdoms

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| combatant1 = Sasanian Empire
Western Turkic Khaganate (557-562)

| combatant2 = Hephthalite Empire

| commander1 = Bahram V
Peroz I{{KIA}}
Mihran{{KIA}}
Sukhra
Kavadh I
Khosrow I

| commander2 = Khushnavaz
Ghaftar

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The Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Hephthalites and the Sasanian Empire. The most significant of these occurring in 484 with the death of Shah Peroz I by the Hephthalites.Wiesehofer, J., 2001, Ancient Persia: from 550BC-650AD, I.B.Tauris, New York, pp.173

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