Sasanian Persian forces

Target entity: Sasanian Persian forces
Context triple: [Battle of Qadisiyyah, combatant, Sasanian Persian forces]

• A. Safavid Persian forces
  Safavid Persian forces were the military troops of the Safavid Empire, a major early modern Iranian dynasty that expanded and defended its realm across much of present-day Iran and the Caucasus.
• B. Persian army
  The Persian army was the formidable military force of the ancient Persian Empire, known for its vast size, diverse troops from many subject peoples, and major clashes with Greek city-states during the Greco-Persian Wars.
• C. Abbasid forces
  Abbasid forces were the military supporters of the Abbasid family whose victory over the Umayyads enabled the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-8th century.
• D. Babylonian forces
  Babylonian forces were the military armies of the Neo-Babylonian Empire that played a decisive role in toppling Assyria and expanding Babylon’s dominance in the ancient Near East.
• E. Turanian army
  The Turanian army is the military force of the Turanian realm, often depicted as the traditional enemy of Iran in Persian epic literature such as the Shahnameh.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Sasanian Persian forces
Target entity description: Sasanian Persian forces were the imperial armies of the Sasanian Empire, renowned for their heavily armored cavalry and central role in defending and expanding one of late antiquity’s most powerful Middle Eastern states.

• A. Safavid Persian forces
  Safavid Persian forces were the military troops of the Safavid Empire, a major early modern Iranian dynasty that expanded and defended its realm across much of present-day Iran and the Caucasus.
• B. Persian army
  The Persian army was the formidable military force of the ancient Persian Empire, known for its vast size, diverse troops from many subject peoples, and major clashes with Greek city-states during the Greco-Persian Wars.
• C. Abbasid forces
  Abbasid forces were the military supporters of the Abbasid family whose victory over the Umayyads enabled the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-8th century.
• D. Babylonian forces
  Babylonian forces were the military armies of the Neo-Babylonian Empire that played a decisive role in toppling Assyria and expanding Babylon’s dominance in the ancient Near East.
• E. Turanian army
  The Turanian army is the military force of the Turanian realm, often depicted as the traditional enemy of Iran in Persian epic literature such as the Shahnameh.
• F. None of above. chosen