Ashtat Yeztayar was an Iranian military officer under what last great king of the Sasanian Empire, reigning from 590 to 628?
Ashtat Yeztayar Ashtat Yeztayar was an Iranian military officer under the Sasanian king Khosrow II (r. 590–628).
Mazdak Mazdak (Middle Persian: ) (died c. 524 or 528) (also Mazdak the Younger) was a Zoroastrian "mobad" (priest), Iranian reformer, prophet and religious activist who gained influence during the reign of the Sasanian emperor Kavadh I. He claimed to be a prophet of Ahura Mazda and instituted communal possessions and social welfare programs. He has been seen as a proto-socialist.