Meshan

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Meshan

Province of the Sassanian Empire

224–637

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Map of Meshan and its surrounding provinces

Capital

(224–410)
Vahman-Ardashir
(410–637)

Historical era

Late Antiquity

• Sasanian conquest

224

• Rashidun conquest

637

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Rashidun Caliphate

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