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Sasan
Sasan was a figure from whom the Sasanian dynasty of Iran took its name. Tradition describes him as a Zoroastrian priest and ancestor of Ardashir I, the founder of the Sasanian Empire. This priestly lineage gave the new dynasty religious legitimacy and an ideological programme.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sasan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sasan
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