Khosrow I (also spelled Khosrau, Khusro or Chosroes; Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩; New Persian: خسرو [xosˈroʊ̯]), traditionally known by his epithet...
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Khosrow II (spelled Chosroes II in classical sources; Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩, romanized: Husrō and Khosrau), commonly known as Khosrow Parviz (New...
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may refer to: Khosrow (word), a given name also used as a title Khosrow I, Sasanian ruler 531–579 Khosrow II, Sasanian ruler 590–628 Khosrow III, Sasanian...
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reforms whose implementation was completed by his son and successor, Khosrow I. They were made possible by Kavad's use of the Mazdakite preacher Mazdak...
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"Kaykhusraw" is based on the name of the legendary Shahnameh hero Kay Khosrow. Kaykhusraw's date of birth is unknown. He was the eleventh and youngest...
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Spahbed (section Khosrow I's reform)
functioned as the generalissimo of the Sasanian army. From the time of Khosrow I (r. 531–579) on, the office was split in four, with a spāhbad for each...
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Taq Kasra (redirect from Eyvan of Khosrow)
construction possibly began during the reign of Anushiruwan the Just (Khosrow I) after a campaign against the Byzantines in 540 AD. The arched iwan hall...
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Wēh Antīōk Khosrow (Middle Persian: wyḥ ʾntywk ḥwslwd; "Khosrow's Better Antioch", literally, "better than Antioch, Khosrow built this"), also called Beh-az-Andīw-e...
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Emperor Justinian I (527–565) paid Khosrow I 440,000 pieces of gold as a part of the "eternal peace" treaty of 532. In 540, Khosrow broke the treaty and...
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King of Kings of Iran from 579 to 590. He was the son and successor of Khosrow I (r. 531–579) and his mother was a Khazar princess. During his reign, Hormizd...
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Byzantine Empire, turned to the Persians for military aid. The Persian king Khosrow I agreed upon the stipulation that Himyarite territory would be annexed...
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time of Kavadh I and Khosrow I. The cities which are believed to had been constructed by Ardashir are: According to Al-Tabari, Ardashir I founded eight...
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Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 (category Wars of Khosrow I)
retreat. Taking advantage of Byzantine confusion, Sassanid forces under Khosrow I (r. 531–579) swiftly counter-attacked and encircled Dara, capturing the...
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engaged the Sasanian Empire in the east during Kavad I's reign, and later again during Khosrow I's reign; this second conflict was partially initiated...
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having lost an eye. The following year after the accession of his brother Khosrow I (r. 531–579), Bawi along with other members of the Iranian aristocracy...
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Iberian War (category Wars of Khosrow I)
succession, the elderly Kavadh I (r. 488–531) proposed the adoption of his favoured son Khosrow I by the Emperor Justin I. Whilst initially optimistic of...
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Lazic War (category Wars of Khosrow I)
king Khosrow I, who entered Lazica, captured the Byzantine main stronghold of Petra, and established another protectorate over the country. Khosrow I retreated...
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king in Chaganiyan, Khosrow I crossed the Oxus and put the Principalities of Chaghaniyan and Khuttal under tribute. When Khosrow I died in 579, the Hephthalites...
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between Khosrow I and Justinian I, which he writes in his De bello Persico (Latin tr., 1833), dies. c. 570 - Conquest of Yemen. 579 - Death of Khosrow I and...
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Khosrow III (also spelled Khosrau, Khusro or Xosrow; Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩; New Persian: خسرو) was a Sasanian rival claimant who briefly ruled...
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Khosrow /xʊsˈroʊ/ is a male given name of Iranian origin, most notably held by Khosrow I of Sassanid Persia, but also by other people in various locations...
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Darius the Great (redirect from King Darius I of Persia)
Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid...
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Bozorgmehr (category Khosrow I)
framadār) of the Sasanian king (shah) Kavad I (r. 498–531), and the latter's son and successor Khosrow I (r. 531–579). He also served as the military...
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Bahram Chobin (category Generals of Khosrow I)
had fought the Byzantines and campaigned in Yemen during the reign of Khosrow I (r. 531–579). His grandfather Gurgin Milad had served as the marzban (general...
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introduced to Persia by 'Dewasarm, a great ruler of India' during the reign of Khosrow I: Dewasarm has fashioned this chatrang after the likeness of a battle,...
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after 520) by the Sasanians, during the reign of Kavad I (r. 488–496, 498/9–531) or Khosrow I (r. 531–579), and comprised the eastern and northeastern...
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Bleschames (category Generals of Khosrow I)
Bleschames (Greek: Βλησχάμης) was a Persian military officer, who first served the Sasanian Empire and from 541 the Byzantine Empire. He is first mentioned...
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an invasion of the Byzantine Empire ruled by Justinian I by the Sasanian Empire under Khosrow I in the midst of the ongoing Lazic War in the north. The...
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reconquering Khorasan. By 560, Peroz had been avenged by his grandson Khosrow I (r. 531–579), who in collaboration with the First Turkic Khaganate, destroyed...
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Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c. 1294 or 1290...
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