Ardashir III (c. 621–27 April 630) was King of Persia from 628 to 630. Son of Kavadh II (628), he was raised to the throne as a boy of seven years, but was killed 18 months later by his general, Shahrbaraz (who ruled briefly in 630).Date of death and length of reign taken from the chronicler Tabari, cited in R.W. Thomson (trans.) The Armenian History attributed to Sebeos (Liverpool: University Press, 1999), p. 223

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