| Dahae (Dahâ): nomadic tribe in the west of modern Turkmenistan,
subject to the ancient Persian empire, closely akin to the Sacae
(Scythians). The Parni were a Dahaean subtribe. In about 238 they invaded
Parthia, and were assimilated by the native
population. Westernn authors called this new ethnic formation "Parthians";
they were to form a new empire in Iran and southern Iraq, which lasted
until the first quarter of the third century AD. |
