Decline and Fall of the Sasanian EmpireDecline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire, published by I. B. Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation, has been acclaimed as one of the most intellectually exciting books about late antique Persia to have been published in years. It proposes a convincing contemporary answer to an age old mystery and conundrum: why, in the seventh century CE, did the seemingly powerful and secure Sasanian empire of Persia succumb so quickly and