Qualla: Battle of Hormozdgan: The Day Persia Changed Hands https://qualla.com/battle-of-hormozdgan en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/j/d/w/battle-of-hormozdgan-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Hormozdgan: The Day Persia Changed Hands https://qualla.com/battle-of-hormozdgan Battle of Hormozdgan: The Day Persia Changed Hands: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-hormozdgan/ Photo credit Milad Vandaee (میلاد وندائی), CC BY-SA 3.0. Ardashir arrived early. The two kings had agreed to meet at the end of the month of Mihr -- April, by the modern calendar -- on the plain of Hormozdgan for a battle that would decide who ruled Iran. But Ardashir did not wait. He rode to the field before the appointed date, seized the best ground, dug a defensive ditch, and took control of the only spring. When Artabanus IV finally arrived with his larger army, the advantage had already shifted. On April 28, 224 AD, in a single day of cavalry combat near the Zagros foothills, the Parthian dynasty that had ruled Iran for nearly five centuries was destroyed, and a new empire was born.

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/j/d/w/battle-of-hormozdgan-wp/tjdw-battle-of-hormozdgan-the-day-persia-changed-hands-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Hormozdgan: The Day Persia Changed Hands: A Dynasty Fracturing https://qualla.com/battle-of-hormozdgan/ Photo credit Milad Vandaee (میلاد وندائی), CC BY-SA 3.0. The Arsacid Parthian Empire had been weakening from within. Around 208 AD, Vologases VI succeeded his father as king, but by 213 his brother Artabanus IV had launched a civil war. Artabanus prevailed, controlling most of the empire and even winning acknowledgment from Rome. He fo...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/j/d/w/battle-of-hormozdgan-wp/tjdw-battle-of-hormozdgan-the-day-persia-changed-hands-a-dynasty-fracturing.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Hormozdgan: The Day Persia Changed Hands: Ten Thousand Against the King https://qualla.com/battle-of-hormozdgan/ Photo credit Milad Vandaee (میلاد وندائی), CC BY-SA 3.0. The exact location of Hormozdgan has never been confirmed, but scholars believe it was near modern Ram-Hormoz, sixty-five kilometers east of Ahvaz, where a wide plain stretches at the foot of the Zagros chain. According to al-Tabari, whose account drew from Sasanian sources, Arda...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/j/d/w/battle-of-hormozdgan-wp/tjdw-battle-of-hormozdgan-the-day-persia-changed-hands-ten-thousand-against-the-king.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Hormozdgan: The Day Persia Changed Hands: King of Kings https://qualla.com/battle-of-hormozdgan/ Photo credit Milad Vandaee (میلاد وندائی), CC BY-SA 3.0. After the killing of Artabanus, Ardashir executed the dead king's chief secretary, Dad-windad, and assumed the title of shahanshah -- King of Kings. He began building what he called Iranshahr, a realm that would eventually stretch from the Euphrates to the Indus. To celebrate his...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/j/d/w/battle-of-hormozdgan-wp/tjdw-battle-of-hormozdgan-the-day-persia-changed-hands-king-of-kings.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Hormozdgan: The Day Persia Changed Hands: An Empire of Persians and Parthians https://qualla.com/battle-of-hormozdgan/ Photo credit Milad Vandaee (میلاد وندائی), CC BY-SA 3.0. The transition from Arsacid to Sasanian was less a revolution than a change of management. The Seven Great Houses of Iran, the Parthian noble families that had formed the backbone of Arsacid power, simply transferred their allegiance to the new dynasty. The early Sasanian army wa...

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