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[[File:Sasanian Empire 621 A.D.jpg|thumb|300px|The province of Kushanshar was located at the eastern edge of the [[Sasanian Empire]].]]<br />
[[File:KUSHANO-SASANIANS Ardashir I Kushanshah Circa AD 230-250.jpg|thumb|300px|Kushano-Sasanian ruler [[Ardashir I Kushanshah]], circa 230-250 CE. [[Merv]] mint.]]<br />
'''Kushanshahr''' was a province of the [[Sasanian Empire]] comprising the region between [[Kabul Valley]] and [[Peshawar Valley]].<ref name="Cambridge">The Cambridge History of Iran: Seleucid Parthian, E. Yarshater, [https://books.google.com/books?id=y7IHmyKcPtYC&pg=PA770 p.770 sq]</ref> The Kushanshar territory centered on [[Tukharistan]], and covered the area from [[Tirmidh]] to [[Peshawar]].<ref name="Cambridge"/> The establishment of Sasanian rule in Kushanshar permitted the control of [[Central Asia]]n trade routes.<ref name="Cambridge"/> The [[Kushano-Sasanids]] were in charge of the area. They issued coinage which was following the [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] standard, due to the traditional importance of trade links with [[India]].<ref name="Cambridge"/><br />
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Kushanshahr was a pendant to [[Eranshahr]] to the West, which was the cradle of the Sasanian Empire.<br />
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Sasanian rule ended in Kushanshahr when the area was overrun by the [[Kidarites]] and then the [[Hephthalites]].<ref name="Cambridge"/><br />
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* {{cite book | last = Brunner | first = Christopher | chapter = Geographical and Administrative divisions: Settlements and Economy| title = The Cambridge History of Iran: The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian periods (2) | year = 1983 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location=Cambridge | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=y7IHmyKcPtYC&q=false | isbn = 978-0-521-24693-4| pages=747–778 }}<br />
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