Introduction

Although the state religion and mode of governance underwent a change in Iran with the collapse of the Sassanid dynasty after the attack of the Muslims, the Sassanid art with the same method remained in vogue for centuries. The study of this continuation is worthwhile in all branches of art in Islamic Iran.

* source: Semsar , Mohammad Hasan " Iran Entry " The Great Islamic Encyclopedia . Ed. Kazem Musavi Bojnourdi.Tehran: The Center of Great Islamic Encyclopaedia , 1989-, V.10 , pp.635