However, the Byzantine emperor Heraclius was preparing a counteroffensive. Having led his troops through the northern lands of Mesopotamia and Armenia, he then turned south, reaching almost as far as the capital of Iran. Khosrov, who did not want to start peace negotiations with Byzantium, was killed by his close associates, who in 628 proclaimed his son Kavad P. Shahanshah.
Although Kavad reigned for only six months, he still managed to make peace with Byzantium, which ended the 24-year war. Both countries pledged to mutually renounce everything captured and exchange prisoners.
Iranshahr did not have a lasting peace with its northern neighbors - the Huns, Khazars, Turks. Under shahanshah Bahram Gur in 425, the invasion of the Huns was repulsed. The war with them resumed in 459 under Shahanshah Peroz. He sent a slave to the ruler of the Huns as his wife instead of the promised princess. The deceived Hun leader killed some of the Iranian ambassadors, and mutilated the rest, sent them out with a formidable warning. The war ended in a humiliating truce for Iran. Peroz violated it and invaded the Hunnic borders, but was defeated and died, but in the memory of his compatriots he remained "Brave". His successor Walash made peace with the Huns, pledging to pay tribute for two years. Only 20 years later, as a result of the wars of 503-513, Iranshahr put an end to the Hun threat.
Under Kavad I, the Iranians fought the Khazars, and in 588 the Turks invaded the state, but the arrows of the Persian archers turned them back.
Behind the outward grandeur of Iranshahr, already under Khosrov II Parviz, the last strong ruler of the Sasanid dynasty, there was a deep economic decline. Incessant wars undermined the forces of the Sassanid state. Young and healthy men died on the battlefield. There was no one to cultivate the land, graze cattle, and engage in crafts. The irrigation system fell into disrepair, crops were reduced.
Military booty enriched mainly the royal family and military leaders. Being the rulers of certain areas, they began to consider themselves sovereign rulers, not obliged to obey the orders of the shahanshahs, who increasingly became people who were unable to unite the country and achieve the support of the people.
The Sassanids waged a continuous struggle for the throne among themselves. For some time it was even occupied by women - Azermidokht and Borandokht. By the middle of the UP in. Sasanian Iran was weakened from within and could not resist the onslaught of a powerful enemy - the Arabs.
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