| Sasan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoroastrian High Priest | |||||
| Founder of the Sasanian Empire | |||||
| Reign | 3rd century | ||||
| Issue | Ardashir I | ||||
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| Dynasty | Sasanian Dynasty | ||||
| Religion | Zoroastrianism | ||||
Sasan (Middle Persian đŽđ đŽđ đ SÄsÄn > Persian ساساŮ), considered the eponymous ancestor of the Sasanian (or Sassanid) Dynasty (ruled 224-651) in Persia, was "a great warrior and hunter" and a Zoroastrian high priest in Pars. He lived sometime near the fall of the Arsacid (Parthian) Empire in the early 3rd century.