Name Sasan
Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Persian, Persian
Scripts ساسان (Persian)
Other Forms FormsSassan
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Meaning & History
Sasan is considered the eponymous ancestor of the Sasanian Dynasty (ruled 224-651) in Persia, was "a great warrior and hunter" and a Zoroastrian high priest in Pars. He lived some time near the fall of the Arsacid (Parthian) Empire in the early 3rd century CE.