Hephthalite-Sasanian War of 484

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Was a military confrontation that took place in 484 between an invading force of the Sasanian Empire under the command of Peroz I and a smaller army of the Hephthalite Empire under the command of Khushnavaz. The battle was a catastrophic defeat for the Sasanian forces and resulted in the creation of the state of the Nezak Huns, as well as the conquest of several territories by the Hephtalites.

Chronology

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January 485: In 484, Peroz I, the grandfather of Khosrow I Anushirvan, was killed in the Battle of Herat by the Hephthalites and allowed them to annex much of Khorasan from the Sasanians.

January 485: Peroz was defeated and killed by a Hephthalite army near Balkh. The main Sasanian cities of the eastern region of Khorasan−Nishapur, Herat and Marw were now under Hephthalite rule.

January 485: The Nezak Huns established their realm in 484, after the defeat and death of the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) Peroz I against the Hephthalites.

January 486: The Huns invaded the Sassanid territories which had been left without a central government following the death of the king. Much of the Sassanid land was pillaged repeatedly for a period of two years.