"Ardaæir succeeded in creating a "Second Persian empire after Achaemenids who raised from Persia (the modern Fars state in southwest of Iran) and Ashkanians who raised from Parthia (the modern Khorasan state in northeast of Iran)" which was recognized for over four centuries as one of the two great powers in Western Asia and Europe." "Sasanian Dynasty" Encyclopedia IranicaArchyvuota kopija 2010-01-09 iš Wayback Machine projekto.
"Ardaæir succeeded in creating a "Second Persian empire after Achaemenids who raised from Persia (the modern Fars state in southwest of Iran) and Ashkanians who raised from Parthia (the modern Khorasan state in northeast of Iran)" which was recognized for over four centuries as one of the two great powers in Western Asia and Europe." "Sasanian Dynasty" Encyclopedia IranicaArchyvuota kopija 2010-01-09 iš Wayback Machine projekto.
