Editing Peroz I (section)

=== Aftermath ===
The main Sasanian cities of the eastern region of [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]]−[[Nishapur]], [[Herat]] and [[Merv|Marw]] were now under Hephthalite rule.{{sfn|Schindel|2013|pp=136–141}} Peroz's retinue, including his daughter [[Perozdukht]] and his priests, were captured by Akhshunwar.{{sfn|Rezakhani|2017|p=128}} Perozdukht was married to Akhshunwar, and bore him a daughter, who would later marry Peroz's son Kavad I ({{reign|488|496|498/9|531}}).{{sfn|Rezakhani|2017|pp=128–129}} Due to Peroz's defeat, a law was allegedly made that forbade pursuit of a withdrawing army.{{sfn|Bonner|2020|p=138}} His wars against the Hephthalites have been described as "foolhardy" in both contemporary and modern historiography.{{sfn|Pourshariati|2008|p=76}}{{sfn|Payne|2015b|p=288}} His defeat and death introduced a period of political, social and religious tumult.{{sfn|Sauer|2017|p=293}} The empire reached its lowest ebb: the {{transliteration|pal|shahanshah}} was now a client of the Hephthalites and was compelled to pay tribute; while the nobility and clergy exerted great influence and authority over the nation, being able to act as king-makers.{{sfn|Daryaee|2014|pp=25–26}} According to Payne, "No other event in the history of the Sasanian dynasty so clearly vitiated the pretensions of [the Iranian Empire], and contemporaries were aghast at the foolhardiness of the king of kings."{{sfn|Payne|2015b|p=288}} Taking advantage of the weakened Sasanian authority in the east, the [[Nezak|Nezak Huns]] seized the region of [[Zabulistan]].{{sfn|Alram|2014|pp=280–281}} Peroz was the last {{transliteration|pal|shahanshah}} to mint [[Sasanian coinage of Sindh|unique gold coins]] in the [[India]]n region of [[Sindh]], which indicates that the region was lost around the same period.{{sfn|Schindel|2016|pp=127–130}}

The Iranian magnate [[Sukhra]] quickly raised a new army and prevented the Hephthalites from achieving further success.{{sfn|Payne|2015b|p=288}} A member of the House of Karen, Sukhra's family claimed descent from the mythological heroes [[Qaren|Karen]] and Tus, who had saved Iran after its king [[Nowzar]] had been killed by the [[Turan]]ian [[Afrasiab]], which Payne calls "in circumstances too similar to those of Peroz's death for the resemblance to be coincidental."{{sfn|Payne|2015b|p=288}} According to the Iranologist [[Ehsan Yarshater]], some of the Iranian–Turanian battles that are described in the medieval Persian epic {{transliteration|fa|[[Shahnameh]]}} ('The Book of Kings') were seemingly based on the Hephthalite wars of Peroz and his successors.{{sfn|Sauer|2017|p=170}} Peroz's brother, Balash, was elected as {{transliteration|pal|shahanshah}} by the Iranian magnates, most notably Sukhra and Shapur Mihran.{{sfn|Shahbazi|2005}} Order was restored under Kavad I, who reformed the empire and defeated the Hephthalites, reconquering Khorasan.{{sfn|Schindel|2013|pp=136–141}} Peroz was avenged by his grandson [[Khosrow I]] ({{reign|531|579}}), who in collaboration with the [[First Turkic Khaganate]] destroyed the Hephthalites in 560.{{sfn|Rezakhani|2017|pp=134, 146}}

Since [[Bahram I]] ({{reign|271|274}}), the Sasanian monarchs had primarily resided in [[Gundeshapur]] in southern Iran, due to its convenient position between the [[Iranian plateau]] and the [[Mesopotamia]]n plain. Due to the increasing importance of the [[Tigris]]-[[Euphrates]] [[floodplain]]s, the main residence of the {{transliteration|pal|shahanshah}} was moved to Ctesiphon after Peroz.{{sfn|McDonough|2011|pp=302–303}}