Pirooz II [61595]

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Pirooz II (Peroz, Firuz or Feroz; Persian : "the Victor"; Chinese : pinyin : Pílùs was son of Yazdgerd III , the last Sassanid king of Persia . After the death of his father at the hands of the Arabs, he retreated to territory under the control of Tang Dynasty China and served as a Tang general and the head of the Governorate of Persia, an exiled extension of the Sassanid court. Most of what is known of Pirooz is written in the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang .

Life

Prince Pirooz was very young at the time of the reign of his father Emperor Yazdgerd III and never exercised the imperial power of the Sassanids. After the Arab conquest of Persia , Pirooz and much of the imperial family escaped through the Pamir Mountains in what is now Tajikistan and arrived at Tang China , which was more supportive of the Sassanids.

According to the Old Book of Tang, Pirooz asked for military help from Tang China against the Arabs in 661. The Tang court created the Area Command of Persia ( at what is now Zaranj , Afghanistan , with Pirooz as Commander-in-chief. Between 670 and 674, Pirooz arrived personally at the Tang court and was given the title of Yòuw J ( "Martial General of the Right [Flank] Guards").

In 678, the Deputy State Secretary for Personnel ( of the Tang Court, Pei Xingjian ( was ordered to escort Pirooz back to Persia. Pei Xingjian got as far as Suiye (near modern Tokmok , Kyrgyzstan ) before returning, while Pirooz was forced to spend over 20 years in Tuhuoluo ( likely Bactra or Tokharistan ) with several thousand followers. In 708 Pirooz arrived at the Tang court again and was given the title of Zuoweiwei Jiangjun ( Awe-inspiring General of the Left [Flank] Guards). Piroozh fled to china.[1]

Death

According to the New Book of Tang, Pirooz died after receiving the title Youwuwei Jiangjun. It was then that Pirooz's son, Narsieh , a hostage at the Tang court, was escorted by Pei Xingjian westwards to Persia in 679 (not 678). As with the Old Book of Tang, Pei got as far as Suiye, and Narsieh (not Pirooz) then spent 20 years in Tuhuoluo. Finally, it was again Narsieh and not Pirooz that received the title of Zuoweiwei Jiangjun.

Descendants

Narsieh married a princess of the Tang Imperial Family and his descendants adopted the Tang Imperial Family Name Li. In the 9th century they were made Military Governor of Guangzhou .


1. ^ A History of chinese civilization, Jacques Gernet.
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