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The Black Jati were also once called "Zotti" in the Gandhara kingdom, and were considered Gypsies, Ziganer or Tzigane there. The Gandhara kingdom was an ancient kingdom in the Swat and Kabul river valleys and the Pothohar Plateau, in modern-day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. Its main cities were Purushapura (modern Peshawar), literally meaning "city of men", and Takshashila (modern Taxila).
Now I'm going to discuss another Black Aryan Persian group, the Sassanids. The Sassanids dominated Northwest India too. Their rule was during the third and fourth centuries. The Sassanid occupiers were also called "Indo-Sassanids", "Kushano-Sassanids" or "Kushanshas" which means "Kings of the Kushans". The Kushans were another Black Kushitic tribe in Central Asia, and were one of the main founders of the Iranian civilization.
Back to the beginning. In 224 A.D, the resurgent Persians, now under their king "Ardašir", culminated the war with Parthia that his father "Papak" had started. He defeated the last Parthian king "Artabanus V" in battle, and two years later, Ardašir took Ctesiphon. This meant the end of Parthia, and it also meant the beginning of the second Persian Empire, one ruled by the Sassanid kings.
The beginnings of the Sassanid/Sassanian dynasty are found in the Southwest Persian state of Pars, (its modern name is Fars). Sometime in the first decade of the 3rd century A.D, a king by the name of Papak seized the throne of Pars. After unifying the region under his command, Papak waged war against the central Parthian government, but died before the conflict was resolved. Papak's son Ardashir inherited the throne in 216 A.D, and continued the Persian campaign against the Parthian Empire.
Historically - The Sassanian period marks the end of the ancient and the beginning of the medieval era in the history of the Middle East. By the beginning of the 3rd century A.D, Universalistic religions such as Christianity, Manichaeism, and even Zoroastrianism and Judaism had by now absorbed local religions and cults. Both the Sassanian and the Roman empires adopted official state religions, Zoroastrianism for the Sassanians and Christianity for the Romans. The new Sassanian rulers were not as tolerant religiously, as the Seleucids and Parthians had been, and religious persecutions did occur under Sassanian rule. Thus the White Parthians became the slaves of their original Black Aryan masters again for a while.
The Sassanids/Sassanians were the cousins of the old Persian Aryans, the Achaemenids. The Sassanids still worshiped Achaemenid kings such as Darius I, and wanted to continue the Achaemenid Empire. They saw themselves as the continuation of the Achaemenid Empire. The Sassanids also practiced divine kingship, kings were worshiped as gods. And the Sassanid king Ardashir really viewed himself as a descendant of the gods or Annunaki.
Here is a picture of an Annunaki (who was considered a "protective genie" in ancient Persia) to compare. The ancient Persian rulers really copied the appearance of the Annunaki.
Now I'm going to discuss another Black Aryan Persian group, the Sassanids. The Sassanids dominated Northwest India too. Their rule was during the third and fourth centuries. The Sassanid occupiers were also called "Indo-Sassanids", "Kushano-Sassanids" or "Kushanshas" which means "Kings of the Kushans". The Kushans were another Black Kushitic tribe in Central Asia, and were one of the main founders of the Iranian civilization.
Back to the beginning. In 224 A.D, the resurgent Persians, now under their king "Ardašir", culminated the war with Parthia that his father "Papak" had started. He defeated the last Parthian king "Artabanus V" in battle, and two years later, Ardašir took Ctesiphon. This meant the end of Parthia, and it also meant the beginning of the second Persian Empire, one ruled by the Sassanid kings.
The beginnings of the Sassanid/Sassanian dynasty are found in the Southwest Persian state of Pars, (its modern name is Fars). Sometime in the first decade of the 3rd century A.D, a king by the name of Papak seized the throne of Pars. After unifying the region under his command, Papak waged war against the central Parthian government, but died before the conflict was resolved. Papak's son Ardashir inherited the throne in 216 A.D, and continued the Persian campaign against the Parthian Empire.
Historically - The Sassanian period marks the end of the ancient and the beginning of the medieval era in the history of the Middle East. By the beginning of the 3rd century A.D, Universalistic religions such as Christianity, Manichaeism, and even Zoroastrianism and Judaism had by now absorbed local religions and cults. Both the Sassanian and the Roman empires adopted official state religions, Zoroastrianism for the Sassanians and Christianity for the Romans. The new Sassanian rulers were not as tolerant religiously, as the Seleucids and Parthians had been, and religious persecutions did occur under Sassanian rule. Thus the White Parthians became the slaves of their original Black Aryan masters again for a while.
The Sassanids/Sassanians were the cousins of the old Persian Aryans, the Achaemenids. The Sassanids still worshiped Achaemenid kings such as Darius I, and wanted to continue the Achaemenid Empire. They saw themselves as the continuation of the Achaemenid Empire. The Sassanids also practiced divine kingship, kings were worshiped as gods. And the Sassanid king Ardashir really viewed himself as a descendant of the gods or Annunaki.
Here is a picture of an Annunaki (who was considered a "protective genie" in ancient Persia) to compare. The ancient Persian rulers really copied the appearance of the Annunaki.