<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdegerd_III" id="mwFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yazdegerd III">Yazdegerd III</a> ascends the throne as king (<i id="mwGA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shah">shah</a></i>) of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sasanian Empire">Persian Empire</a>. He becomes the last ruler of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian_family_tree" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sasanian family tree">Sasanian dynasty</a> (modern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran">Iran</a>).