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<span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Accession</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Accession-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Accession subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Accession-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-The_Eternal_Peace_of_532" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Eternal_Peace_of_532"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>The Eternal Peace of 532</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Eternal_Peace_of_532-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Consolidation_of_power" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Consolidation_of_power"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Consolidation of power</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Consolidation_of_power-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Reforms</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Reforms-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Reforms subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Reforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Summary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Summary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Summary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Summary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Tax_reforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tax_reforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1</span> <span>Tax reforms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tax_reforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administrative_reforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administrative_reforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2</span> <span>Administrative reforms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administrative_reforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_reforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_reforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Military reforms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_reforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Equipment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Equipment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1</span> <span>Equipment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Equipment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_campaigns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_campaigns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Military campaigns</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Military_campaigns-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Military campaigns subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Military_campaigns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-War_with_the_Byzantine_Empire,_540–562" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#War_with_the_Byzantine_Empire,_540–562"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>War with the Byzantine Empire, 540–562</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-War_with_the_Byzantine_Empire,_540–562-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Background_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Background_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1</span> <span>Background</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Background_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sasanian_invasion_of_Syria" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sasanian_invasion_of_Syria"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.2</span> <span>Sasanian invasion of Syria</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sasanian_invasion_of_Syria-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lazic_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lazic_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.3</span> <span>Lazic War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lazic_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-War_in_the_East" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#War_in_the_East"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>War in the East</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-War_in_the_East-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Campaign_in_Yemen_against_Abyssinia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Campaign_in_Yemen_against_Abyssinia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Campaign in Yemen against Abyssinia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Campaign_in_Yemen_against_Abyssinia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-War_with_the_Byzantine_Empire,_572–591" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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<span>Academy of Gondishapur</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Academy_of_Gondishapur-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Legacy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Family_tree" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Family_tree"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Family tree</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Family_tree-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84" title="كسرى الأول – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كسرى الأول" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Xosrov" title="I Xosrov – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="I Xosrov" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="انوشیروان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="انوشیروان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81" title="প্রথম খসরু – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="প্রথম খসরু" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khosrau_1-s%C3%A8" title="Khosrau 1-sè – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Khosrau 1-sè" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_I_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хосров I Ануширван – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хосров I Ануширван" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosroes_I" title="Cosroes I – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cosroes I" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husrav_I." title="Husrav I. – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Husrav I." data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khosrau_1." title="Khosrau 1. – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Khosrau 1." data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chosrau_I." title="Chosrau I. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Chosrau I." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Χοσρόης Α΄ της Περσίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χοσρόης Α΄ της Περσίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosroes_I" title="Cosroes I – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cosroes I" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosroes_la_1-a" title="Kosroes la 1-a – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kosroes la 1-a" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosroes_I.a" title="Kosroes I.a – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kosroes I.a" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="خسرو انوشیروان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="خسرو انوشیروان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khosro_Ier" title="Khosro Ier – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Khosro Ier" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosroes_I" title="Cosroes I – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cosroes I" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%B8%EC%8A%A4%EB%A1%9C_1%EC%84%B8" title="호스로 1세 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="호스로 1세" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BD%D5%B8%D5%BD%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BE_%D4%B1_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Խոսրով Ա Սասանյան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Խոսրով Ա Սասանյան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%AE" title="खुसरू प्रथम – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="खुसरू प्रथम" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hozroje_I._Anu%C5%A1irvan" title="Hozroje I. Anuširvan – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Hozroje I. Anuširvan" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khosrau_I" title="Khosrau I – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Khosrau I" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosroe_I" title="Cosroe I – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cosroe I" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%27%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F" title="ח'וסרו הראשון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ח'וסרו הראשון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D_I" title="ხოსრო I – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ხოსრო I" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_%D0%A5%D2%B1%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="I Хұсрау Ануширван – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="I Хұсрау Ануширван" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_I_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хосров I Ануширван – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Хосров I Ануширван" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chosroes_I" title="Chosroes I – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Chosroes I" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chosrovas_I" title="Chosrovas I – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Chosrovas I" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Huszrau_sz%C3%A1sz%C3%A1nida_kir%C3%A1ly" title="I. Huszrau szászánida király – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="I. Huszrau szászánida király" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D_I" title="ხოსრო I – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ხოსრო I" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84" title="كسرى الاول – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كسرى الاول" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="انوشیروان – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="انوشیروان" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khusro_I" title="Khusro I – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Khusro I" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC1%E4%B8%96" title="ホスロー1世 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ホスロー1世" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khosrau_I_av_Persia" title="Khosrau I av Persia – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Khosrau I av Persia" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosrau_Ier" title="Cosrau Ier – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Cosrau Ier" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anushirvon" title="Anushirvon – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Anushirvon" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84" title="خسرو اول – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="خسرو اول" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chosrow_I_Anoszirwan" title="Chosrow I Anoszirwan – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Chosrow I Anoszirwan" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosroes_I" title="Cosroes I – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cosroes I" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_I_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хосров I Ануширван – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Хосров I Ануширван" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husrav_I." title="Husrav I. – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Husrav I." data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozrav_I." title="Kozrav I. – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kozrav I." data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%86%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%95%DA%95%DB%95%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="ئەنووشەڕەوان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئەنووشەڕەوان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%B5_I_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хозроје I Ануширван – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Хозроје I Ануширван" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hozroje_I_Anu%C5%A1irvan" title="Hozroje I Anuširvan – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Hozroje I Anuširvan" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khusrau_I" title="Khusrau I – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Khusrau I" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khusrov_I" title="Khusrov I – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Khusrov I" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_%D0%A5%D3%A9%D1%81%D1%80%D3%99%D2%AF" title="I Хөсрәү – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="I Хөсрәү" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%BD%D3%AF%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Хусрави Анӯшервон – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Хусрави Анӯшервон" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._H%C3%BCsrev" title="I. 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Hüsrev" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_I_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хосров I Ануширван – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Хосров I Ануширван" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84" title="خسرو اول – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="خسرو اول" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khosrau_I" title="Khosrau I – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Khosrau I" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9C%8D%E6%96%AF%E5%8A%B3%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%96" title="霍斯劳一世 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="霍斯劳一世" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xusrew_I" title="Xusrew I – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Xusrew I" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9C%8D%E6%96%AF%E5%8A%B3%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%96" 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Plate_of_the_Sasanian_king_Khosrow_I_Anushirvan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Plate_of_the_Sasanian_king_Khosrow_I_Anushirvan.jpg/220px-Plate_of_the_Sasanian_king_Khosrow_I_Anushirvan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Plate_of_the_Sasanian_king_Khosrow_I_Anushirvan.jpg/330px-Plate_of_the_Sasanian_king_Khosrow_I_Anushirvan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Plate_of_the_Sasanian_king_Khosrow_I_Anushirvan.jpg/440px-Plate_of_the_Sasanian_king_Khosrow_I_Anushirvan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="640" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Khosrow I on an ornamental plate in <a href="/wiki/BnF_Museum" title="BnF Museum">BnF Museum</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shahanshahs_of_the_Sasanian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of shahanshahs of the Sasanian Empire">Shahanshah</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">13 September 531 – February 579</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kavad_I" title="Kavad I">Kavad I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hormizd_IV" title="Hormizd IV">Hormizd IV</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">512–514<br /><a href="/wiki/Ardestan" title="Ardestan">Ardestan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 579 (aged 65–67)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ctesiphon" title="Ctesiphon">Ctesiphon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hormizd_IV" title="Hormizd IV">Hormizd IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anoshazad" title="Anoshazad">Anoshazad</a></li> <li>Yazdandar</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Sasan" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Sasan">House of Sasan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kavad_I" title="Kavad I">Kavad I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Ispahbudhan" title="House of Ispahbudhan">Ispahbudhan</a> noblewoman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Khosrow I</b> (also spelled <b>Khosrau</b>, <b>Khusro</b> or <b>Chosroes</b>; <a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Persian language">Middle Persian</a>: <span lang="pal" dir="rtl">𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩</span>; <a href="/wiki/New_Persian" title="New Persian">New Persian</a>: <span title="Persian-language text"><span lang="fa" dir="rtl">خسرو</span></span> [<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">xosˈroʊ̯</span>]), traditionally known by his epithet of <b>Anushirvan</b> (<span title="Persian-language text"><span lang="fa" dir="rtl">انوشيروان</span></span> [<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">ænuːʃi:rˈvɔːn</span>] "the Immortal Soul"), was the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Kings" title="King of Kings">King of Kings</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sassanian Empire</a> from 531 to 579. He was the son and successor of <a href="/wiki/Kavad_I" title="Kavad I">Kavad I</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 488–496, 498/9–531</span>). </p><p>Inheriting a reinvigorated empire at <a href="/wiki/Iberian_War" title="Iberian War">war with the Byzantines</a>, Khosrow I signed a peace treaty with them in 532, known as the <a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Peace_(532)" title="Perpetual Peace (532)">Perpetual Peace</a>, in which the Byzantine emperor <a href="/wiki/Justinian_I" title="Justinian I">Justinian I</a> paid 11,000 pounds of gold to the Sasanians. Khosrow then focused on consolidating his power, executing conspirators, including his uncle <a href="/wiki/Bawi" title="Bawi">Bawi</a>. Dissatisfied with the actions of the Byzantine clients and vassals, the <a href="/wiki/Ghassanids" title="Ghassanids">Ghassanids</a>, and encouraged by <a href="/wiki/Ostrogoth" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostrogoth">Ostrogoth</a> envoys from <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, Khosrow violated the peace treaty and declared war against the Byzantines in 540. He sacked the major city of <a href="/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a> and deported its population to Persia. In 541, he invaded <a href="/wiki/Lazica" title="Lazica">Lazica</a> and made it an Iranian protectorate, thus initiating the <a href="/wiki/Lazic_War" title="Lazic War">Lazic War</a>. In 545, the two empires agreed to halt the wars in <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syria_(region)" title="Syria (region)">Syria</a> while continuing to fight in Lazica. A truce was made in 557, and by 562 a <a href="/wiki/Fifty-Year_Peace_Treaty" title="Fifty-Year Peace Treaty">Fifty-Year Peace Treaty</a> was made. </p><p>In 572, <a href="/wiki/Justin_II" title="Justin II">Justin II</a>, the successor of Justinian, <a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_War_of_572%E2%80%93591" title="Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591">broke the peace treaty</a> and sent a Byzantine force into the Sasanian region of <a href="/wiki/Arzanene" title="Arzanene">Arzanene</a>. The following year, Khosrow <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Dara_(573)" title="Siege of Dara (573)">besieged and captured</a> the important Byzantine fortress-city of <a href="/wiki/Dara_(Mesopotamia)" title="Dara (Mesopotamia)">Dara</a>, which led Justin II to insanity. The war lasted till 591, outliving Khosrow. Khosrow's wars were not only based in the west. To the east, in an alliance with the <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrks" title="Göktürks">Göktürks</a>, he finally put an end to the <a href="/wiki/Hephthalite_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hephthalite Empire">Hephthalite Empire</a>, which had inflicted a handful of defeats on the Sasanians in the 5th century, killing Khosrow's grandfather <a href="/wiki/Peroz_I" title="Peroz I">Peroz I</a>. To the south, Iranian forces led by <a href="/wiki/Wahrez" title="Wahrez">Wahrez</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aksum" title="Kingdom of Aksum">Aksumites</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aksumite%E2%80%93Persian_wars" title="Aksumite–Persian wars">conquered Yemen</a>. </p><p>Khosrow I was known for his character, virtues and knowledge. During his ambitious reign, he continued his father's project of making major social, military, and economic reforms, promoting the welfare of the people, increasing state revenues, establishing a professional army, and founding or rebuilding many cities, palaces, and much infrastructure. He was interested in literature and philosophy, and under his reign, art and science flourished in Iran. He was the most distinguished of the Sasanian kings, and his name became, like that of <a href="/wiki/Caesar" class="mw-redirect" title="Caesar">Caesar</a> in the history of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Rome</a>, a designation of the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasanian kings">Sasanian kings</a>. </p><p>At the time of his death, the Sasanian Empire had reached its greatest extent since <a href="/wiki/Shapur_II" title="Shapur II">Shapur II</a>, stretching from <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> in the west to <a href="/wiki/Gandhara" title="Gandhara">Gandhara</a> in the east. He was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Hormizd_IV" title="Hormizd IV">Hormizd IV</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_and_titles">Name and titles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name and titles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span title="Persian-language text"><i lang="fa-Latn">Khosrow</i></span> is the <a href="/wiki/New_Persian" title="New Persian">New Persian</a> variant of his name used by scholars; his original name was <a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian" title="Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a>, <span title="Middle Persian-language text"><i lang="pal-Latn">Husraw</i></span>, itself derived from <a href="/wiki/Avestan" title="Avestan">Avestan</a> <span title="Avestan-language text"><i lang="ae-Latn">Haosrauuah</i></span> ("he who has good fame").<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name is rendered in <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> as <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">Chosroes</i></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Χοσρόης</span></span>) and in <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> as <i>Kisra</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides his personal name, he is widely known in sources by his epithet of <span title="Persian-language text"><i lang="fa-Latn">Anushirvan</i></span> ("the Immortal Soul"), a New Persian rendering of Middle Persian <span title="Middle Persian-language text"><i lang="pal-Latn">anūšag-ruwān</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee2014xvii_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee2014xvii-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received this title after his death to distinguish him from <a href="/wiki/Khosrow_II" title="Khosrow II">Khosrow II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGariboldiRubinSchindel2020_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGariboldiRubinSchindel2020-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It referred to his religious reforms and promotion of the prosperity of the realm<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and probably also connected him with the mythical immortal king <a href="/wiki/Kay_Khosrow" title="Kay Khosrow">Kay Khosrow</a> (both were remembered as pious kings and "restorers" of the faith).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGariboldiRubinSchindel2020_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGariboldiRubinSchindel2020-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other variants of the name are <span title="Persian-language text"><i lang="fa-Latn">Anoshirvan</i></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Anushiravan</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKia201683_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKia201683-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <span title="Persian-language text"><i lang="fa-Latn">Nowshīrvān</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008256_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008256-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow was also known by the epithets <span title="Persian-language text"><i lang="fa-Latn">Dādgar</i></span> ("Dispenser of Justice")<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, in Islamic times, <i>'Adel</i> ("the Just").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGariboldiRubinSchindel2020_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGariboldiRubinSchindel2020-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historiography">Historiography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historiography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many sources dating to the Islamic era, such as <a href="/wiki/Al-Tabari" title="Al-Tabari">al-Tabari</a>'s Arabic <i><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Prophets_and_Kings" title="History of the Prophets and Kings">History of the Prophets and Kings</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Shahnameh" title="Shahnameh">Shahnameh</a></i> ("Book of Kings") of the medieval Persian epic of <a href="/wiki/Ferdowsi" title="Ferdowsi">Ferdowsi</a> (d. 1020), give much information regarding Khosrow's reforms, and thus most likely drew both of their information from the Middle Persian history book <i><a href="/wiki/Khwaday-Namag" title="Khwaday-Namag">Khwaday-Namag</a></i> ("Book of Lords").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other works were made independently, such as the <i>Sirat Anushirwan</i>, which was reportedly an autobiography made by Khosrow himself, and survives in the work of <a href="/wiki/Miskawayh" title="Miskawayh">Miskawayh</a> (932–1030).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow is also mentioned in several Greek sources, such as the ones of <a href="/wiki/Procopius" title="Procopius">Procopius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agathias" title="Agathias">Agathias</a> and <a href="/wiki/Menander_Protector" title="Menander Protector">Menander Protector</a>, who all give important information regarding Khosrow's management of the <a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Persian_Wars" title="Roman–Persian Wars">Irano-Roman wars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Assyrian_people" title="Assyrian people">Syriac</a> authors, such as <a href="/wiki/John_of_Ephesus" title="John of Ephesus">John of Ephesus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zacharias_Rhetor" title="Zacharias Rhetor">Zacharias Rhetor</a> also include Khosrow in their work, offering a perception of the consequences that his expeditions brought on the people who lived on the Roman border.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plate_with_king_hunting_rams_MET_DT921_(Cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Plate_with_king_hunting_rams_MET_DT921_%28Cropped%29.jpg/220px-Plate_with_king_hunting_rams_MET_DT921_%28Cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Plate_with_king_hunting_rams_MET_DT921_%28Cropped%29.jpg/330px-Plate_with_king_hunting_rams_MET_DT921_%28Cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Plate_with_king_hunting_rams_MET_DT921_%28Cropped%29.jpg/440px-Plate_with_king_hunting_rams_MET_DT921_%28Cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="880" data-file-height="868" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kavad_I" title="Kavad I">Kavad I</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sassanid</a> plate</figcaption></figure> <p>Khosrow I was reportedly born between 512 and 514 at <a href="/wiki/Ardestan" title="Ardestan">Ardestan</a>, a town located in the <a href="/wiki/Spahan_(province)" title="Spahan (province)">Spahan</a> province in central Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHillenbrand1986385–387_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHillenbrand1986385–387-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrone199135_(note_25)_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrone199135_(note_25)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town, dating back to the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid" class="mw-redirect" title="Achaemenid">Achaemenid</a> period, thrived during Khosrow's age, and also included a <a href="/wiki/Fire_temple" title="Fire temple">fire temple</a>, which was said to be founded by the mythological <a href="/wiki/Kayanian_dynasty" title="Kayanian dynasty">Kayanian</a> king <a href="/wiki/Kay_Bahman" title="Kay Bahman">Kay Bahman</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHillenbrand1986385–387_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHillenbrand1986385–387-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from whom the Sasanians claimed their descent.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKhaleghi-Motlagh1988489_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKhaleghi-Motlagh1988489-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow was the youngest son of <a href="/wiki/Kavad_I" title="Kavad I">Kavad I</a>, the ruling Sasanian shah.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother was an <a href="/wiki/House_of_Ispahbudhan" title="House of Ispahbudhan">Ispahbudhan</a> princess, who was the sister of the leading Iranian general <a href="/wiki/Bawi" title="Bawi">Bawi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ispahbudhan were one of the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Great_Houses_of_Iran" title="Seven Great Houses of Iran">Seven Great Houses of Iran</a> that formed the elite aristocracy of the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a>. They in particular enjoyed such a high status that they were acknowledged as "kin and partners of the Sasanians".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008118_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008118-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The family also held the important position of <i><a href="/wiki/Spahbed" title="Spahbed">spahbed</a></i> of the West, i.e. the Sasanian Empire's southwestern regions (Khwarwaran).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the tradition of the aristocratic or upper-class families, Khosrow would have started at school (<i>frahangestān</i>) between the age of five and seven.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There he would learn to write and would learn the <i><a href="/wiki/Yasht" title="Yasht">yashts</a></i>, <i>Hadokht</i>, <i>Bayān Yasn</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Vendidad" title="Vendidad">Vendidad</a></i>, following the same pattern of schooling made for a future priest (<i><a href="/wiki/Herbad" title="Herbad">herbed</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, he would observe the Middle Persian translation of the <a href="/wiki/Avesta" title="Avesta">Avesta</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Zend" title="Zend">Zend</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterwards, he would be schooled in riding, archery, <a href="/wiki/Polo" title="Polo">polo</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Chovgan" title="Chovgan">chovgan</a></i>) and military creativity.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Negotiations_with_the_Byzantines_over_the_adoption_of_Khosrow">Negotiations with the Byzantines over the adoption of Khosrow</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Negotiations with the Byzantines over the adoption of Khosrow"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Solidus_of_Justin_I_(obverse).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Solidus_of_Justin_I_%28obverse%29.jpg/170px-Solidus_of_Justin_I_%28obverse%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Solidus_of_Justin_I_%28obverse%29.jpg/255px-Solidus_of_Justin_I_%28obverse%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Solidus_of_Justin_I_%28obverse%29.jpg/340px-Solidus_of_Justin_I_%28obverse%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1134" data-file-height="1094" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Solidus_(coin)" title="Solidus (coin)">Solidus</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> emperor <a href="/wiki/Justin_I" title="Justin I">Justin I</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 520</span>, Kavad, in order to secure the succession of Khosrow, whose position was threatened by rival brothers and the Mazdakite sect, proposed that Emperor <a href="/wiki/Justin_I" title="Justin I">Justin I</a> adopt him. The proposal was initially greeted with enthusiasm by the Byzantine Emperor and his nephew, <a href="/wiki/Justinian" class="mw-redirect" title="Justinian">Justinian</a>, but Justin's <i><a href="/wiki/Quaestor_sacri_palatii" title="Quaestor sacri palatii">quaestor</a></i>, Proclus, opposed the move, due to the concern of Khosrow possibly later try to take over the Byzantine throne.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Byzantines instead made a counter-proposal to adopt Khosrow not as a Roman, but a barbarian.<sup id="cite_ref-PRO11_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRO11-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the end the negotiations did not come to a consensus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow reportedly felt insulted by the Byzantines, and his attitude deteriorated towards them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mahbod, who had along with <a href="/wiki/Siyawush" title="Siyawush">Siyawush</a> acted as the diplomats of the negotiations, accused the latter of purposely sabotaging the negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-PRO11_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRO11-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further accusations were made towards Siyawush, which included the reverence of new deities and having his dead wife buried, which was a violation of Iranian laws.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Siyawush was thus most likely a Mazdakite, the religious sect that Kavad originally supported but now had withdrawn his support from. Although Siyawush was a close friend of Kavad and had helped him escape from imprisonment, the latter did not try to prevent his execution, seemingly with the purpose of restricting Siyawush's immense authority as the head of the Sasanian army, a post which was disliked by the other nobles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Siyawush was executed, and his office was abolished.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESundermann1986662_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESundermann1986662-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the breakdown of the negotiations, it was not until 530 that full-scale warfare on the main eastern frontier broke out. In the intervening years, the two sides preferred to wage war by proxy, through <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arab</a> allies in the south and Huns in the north.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200281–82_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200281–82-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Persecution_of_Mazdak_and_his_followers">Persecution of Mazdak and his followers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Persecution of Mazdak and his followers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Iranian_prophet_Mazdak_being_executed.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/The_Iranian_prophet_Mazdak_being_executed.png/220px-The_Iranian_prophet_Mazdak_being_executed.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/The_Iranian_prophet_Mazdak_being_executed.png/330px-The_Iranian_prophet_Mazdak_being_executed.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/The_Iranian_prophet_Mazdak_being_executed.png/440px-The_Iranian_prophet_Mazdak_being_executed.png 2x" data-file-width="747" data-file-height="620" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shahnameh" title="Shahnameh">Shahnameh</a> illustration of the death of <a href="/wiki/Mazdak" title="Mazdak">Mazdak</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Mazdak" title="Mazdak">Mazdak</a> was the name of a chief representative of a religious and philosophical teaching called <a href="/wiki/Mazdakism" title="Mazdakism">Mazdakism</a>, which opposed violence, and called for the sharing of wealth, women and property,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201426_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201426-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an archaic form of <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">communism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1983150_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1983150-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mazdakism not only consisted of theological and cosmological aspects, but also political and social impacts, which was to the disadvantage of the nobility and clergy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201426–27_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201426–27-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaeeCanepa2018_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaeeCanepa2018-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to modern historians <a href="/wiki/Touraj_Daryaee" title="Touraj Daryaee">Touraj Daryaee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Canepa" title="Matthew Canepa">Matthew Canepa</a>, sharing women was most likely an overstatement and defamation deriving from Mazdak's decree that loosened marriage rules to help the lower classes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaeeCanepa2018_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaeeCanepa2018-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Powerful families saw this as a tactic to weaken their lineage and advantages, which was most likely the case.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaeeCanepa2018_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaeeCanepa2018-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kavad used the movement as a political tool to curb the power of the nobility and clergy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1983150_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1983150-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201426_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201426-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the nobility and clergy weakened, Kavad was able to make reforms with less difficulty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200859–60_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200859–60-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the reforms roaring by the 520s, he no longer had any use for Mazdak.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, he officially withdrew his support from the Mazdakites.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A debate was arranged, where not only the Zoroastrian priesthood, but also the Christian and Jewish ones slandered Mazdak and his followers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Shahnameh" title="Shahnameh">Shahnameh</a> ("The Book of Kings"), written several centuries later by the medieval Persian poet <a href="/wiki/Ferdowsi" title="Ferdowsi">Ferdowsi</a>, Kavad had Mazdak and his supporters sent to Khosrow, who had his supporters killed by burying their heads in a walled orchard, with only their feet being visible.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow then summoned Mazdak to look at his garden, saying the following; "You will find trees there that no-one has ever seen and no-one ever heard of even from the mouth of the ancient sages."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mazdak, seeing his followers corpses, screamed and passed out. He was afterwards executed by Khosrow, who had his feet fastened on a <a href="/wiki/Gallows" title="Gallows">gallows</a>, and had his men shoot arrows at him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The validity of the story is uncertain; Ferdowsi used much earlier reports of events to write the Shahnameh, and thus the story may report some form of contemporary memory.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200861_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200861-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accession">Accession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Accession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Eternal_Peace_of_532">The Eternal Peace of 532</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The Eternal Peace of 532"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:King_Khusraw_Anushirvan_Enthroned-_Page_from_a_Manuscript_of_the_Shahnama_(Book_of_Kings)_of_Firdawsi_LACMA_M.73.5.18.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/King_Khusraw_Anushirvan_Enthroned-_Page_from_a_Manuscript_of_the_Shahnama_%28Book_of_Kings%29_of_Firdawsi_LACMA_M.73.5.18.jpg/170px-King_Khusraw_Anushirvan_Enthroned-_Page_from_a_Manuscript_of_the_Shahnama_%28Book_of_Kings%29_of_Firdawsi_LACMA_M.73.5.18.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/King_Khusraw_Anushirvan_Enthroned-_Page_from_a_Manuscript_of_the_Shahnama_%28Book_of_Kings%29_of_Firdawsi_LACMA_M.73.5.18.jpg/255px-King_Khusraw_Anushirvan_Enthroned-_Page_from_a_Manuscript_of_the_Shahnama_%28Book_of_Kings%29_of_Firdawsi_LACMA_M.73.5.18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/King_Khusraw_Anushirvan_Enthroned-_Page_from_a_Manuscript_of_the_Shahnama_%28Book_of_Kings%29_of_Firdawsi_LACMA_M.73.5.18.jpg/340px-King_Khusraw_Anushirvan_Enthroned-_Page_from_a_Manuscript_of_the_Shahnama_%28Book_of_Kings%29_of_Firdawsi_LACMA_M.73.5.18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>14th-century <a href="/wiki/Shahnameh" title="Shahnameh">Shahnameh</a> illustration of Khosrow I seated on his throne.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 531, while the Iranian army was <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Martyropolis_(531)" title="Siege of Martyropolis (531)">besieging Martyropolis</a>, Kavad became ill and died.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaumontSchippmann1988574–580_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaumontSchippmann1988574–580-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow succeeded him, but due to his domestic position being insecure, he wanted to make peace with the Byzantines, who themselves under Emperor <a href="/wiki/Justinian_I" title="Justinian I">Justinian I</a> (r. 527–565) were perhaps already more focused on recovering the lost <a href="/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" title="Western Roman Empire">western half</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> than in pursuing war against Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Byzantine envoys <a href="/wiki/Rufinus_(Roman_official)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rufinus (Roman official)">Rufinus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hermogenes_(magister_officiorum)" title="Hermogenes (magister officiorum)">Hermogenes</a>, Alexander and Thomas found Khosrow in a more conciliatory disposition than his father, and an agreement was soon reached. Justinian would pay 110 <i><a href="/wiki/Quintal" title="Quintal">centenaria</a></i> (11,000 pounds) of gold, ostensibly as a contribution to the defence of the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> passes against the barbarians living beyond, and the base of the <i><a href="/wiki/Dux_Mesopotamiae" class="mw-redirect" title="Dux Mesopotamiae">dux Mesopotamiae</a></i> would be withdrawn from the fortress of <a href="/wiki/Dara_(Mesopotamia)" title="Dara (Mesopotamia)">Dara</a> to the city of <a href="/wiki/Constantia_(Osrhoene)" title="Constantia (Osrhoene)">Constantina</a>. The two rulers would recognize once again each other as equal and pledged mutual assistance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaas2005488_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaas2005488-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow initially refused to hand back the two <a href="/wiki/Lazica" title="Lazica">Lazic</a> forts, while demanding the return of the two other forts the Byzantines had captured in Sasanian Armenia. Justinian at first agreed, but soon changed his mind, causing the agreement to be broken off.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296–97_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296–97-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In summer 532, however, a new embassy by Hermogenes and Rufinus managed to persuade Khosrow for a full exchange of the occupied forts, as well as for allowing the exiled <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iberia_(antiquity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity)">Iberian</a> rebels to either remain in the Byzantine Empire or return safely to their homes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296–97_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296–97-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consolidation_of_power">Consolidation of power</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Consolidation of power"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sometime during the early reign of Khosrow, he had to deal with his eldest brother <a href="/wiki/Kawus" title="Kawus">Kawus</a>, who ruled as governor-king of the northern province of <a href="/wiki/Padishkhwargar" title="Padishkhwargar">Padishkhwargar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike Khosrow, he was a Mazdakite (or at least had strong Mazdakite sympathies), and thus had their support as the candidate for the throne.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008288–289_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008288–289-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kawus asserted to be the legitimate heir of the throne due to his older age.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008288–289_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008288–289-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was, however, defeated by Khosrow's forces and taken to <a href="/wiki/Ctesiphon" title="Ctesiphon">Ctesiphon</a>, where Khosrow summoned the priests and urged Kawus to make confessions and ask for forgiveness, so that he could be released.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008289_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008289-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kawus refused, preferring death, forcing Khosrow to have him killed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008289_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008289-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow reportedly "cursed the fortunes" for "forcing him to kill a brother like Kawus."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008289_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008289-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another danger to Khosrow's rule was that of his uncle <a href="/wiki/Bawi" title="Bawi">Bawi</a>, who along with other members of the Iranian aristocracy, became involved in a conspiracy in which they tried to overthrow Khosrow and make Kavad, the son of Khosrow's brother Jamasp, the shah of Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008111_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008111-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon learning of the plot, Khosrow executed all his brothers and their offspring, along with Bawi and the other aristocrats who were involved.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008111_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008111-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow also ordered the execution of Kavad, who was still a child, and was away from the court, being raised by <a href="/wiki/Adergoudounbades" title="Adergoudounbades">Adergoudounbades</a>. Khosrow sent orders to kill Kavad, but Adergoudounbades disobeyed and brought him up in secret, until he was betrayed to the shah in 541 by his own son, Bahram. Khosrow had him executed, but Kavad, or someone claiming to be him, managed to flee to the Byzantine Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reforms">Reforms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Reforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Summary">Summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Khosrow I represents the epitome of the <a href="/wiki/Philosopher_king" title="Philosopher king">philosopher king</a> in the Sasanian Empire. Upon his ascent to the throne, Khosrow did not restore power to the feudal nobility or the magi, but centralized his government.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow's reign is considered to be one of the most successful within the Sasanian Empire. The peace agreement between Rome and Iran in 531 gave Khosrow the chance to consolidate power and focus his attention on internal improvement.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDignasWinter200728_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDignasWinter200728-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His reforms and military campaigns marked a renaissance of the Sasanian Empire, which spread philosophic beliefs as well as trade goods from the <a href="/wiki/Far_east" class="mw-redirect" title="Far east">far east</a> to the far west. </p><p>The internal reforms under Khosrow were much more important than those on the exterior frontier. The subsequent reforms resulted in the rise of a bureaucratic state at the expense of the great noble families, strengthening the <a href="/wiki/Centralized_government" title="Centralized government">central government</a> and the power of the Shahanshah. The army too was reorganized and tied to the central government rather than local nobility allowing greater organization, faster mobilization and a far greater cavalry corps. Reforms in taxation provided the empire with stability and a much stronger economy, allowing prolonged military campaigns as well as greater revenues for the bureaucracy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tax_reforms">Tax reforms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tax reforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Khosrow's tax reforms have been praised by several scholars, the most notable of whom is F. Altheim.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tax reforms, which were started under Kavad I and completely implemented by Khosrow, greatly strengthened the royal court.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to Khosrow and Kavad's reigns, a majority of the land was owned by <a href="/wiki/Seven_Parthian_clans" class="mw-redirect" title="Seven Parthian clans">seven Parthian families</a>: <a href="/wiki/House_of_Suren" title="House of Suren">Suren</a>, Waraz, <a href="/wiki/House_of_Karen" title="House of Karen">Karen</a>, <a href="/wiki/House_of_Ispahbudhan" title="House of Ispahbudhan">Ispahbudhan</a>, <a href="/wiki/House_of_Spandiyadh" title="House of Spandiyadh">Spandiyadh</a>, <a href="/wiki/House_of_Mihran" title="House of Mihran">Mihran</a> and Zik.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurtisStewart2008126_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurtisStewart2008126-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These great landowners enjoyed tax exemptions from the Sasanian empire, and were tax collectors within their local provincial areas.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the outbreak of the Mazdakite revolution, there was a great uprising of peasants and lower-class citizens who grabbed large portions of land under egalitarian values. As a result of this there was great confusion on land possession and ownership. Khosrow surveyed all the land within the empire indiscriminately and began to tax all land under a single program. Tax revenues that previously went to the local noble family now went to the central government treasury.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fixed tax that Khosrow implemented created a more stable form of income for the treasury. </p><p>Because the tax did not vary, the treasury could easily estimate the year's revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to Khosrow's tax reforms, taxes were collected based on the yield that the land had produced. The new system calculated and averaged taxation based on the water rights for each piece of property. Lands which grew <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_dactylifera" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenix dactylifera">date palms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olive" title="Olive">olive trees</a> used a slightly different method of taxation based on the amount of producing trees that the land contained.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These tax reforms of Khosrow were the stepping stone which enabled subsequent reforms in the bureaucracy and the military to take place. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Administrative_reforms">Administrative reforms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Administrative reforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The hallmark of Khosrow's bureaucratic reform was the creation of a new social class. Before, the Sasanian Empire consisted of only three social classes, magi, nobles and peasants/commoners. Khosrow added a fourth class to this hierarchy between the nobles and the peasants, called the <a href="/wiki/Dehqan" title="Dehqan">dehqans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008500_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008500-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dehqans were small land owning citizens of the Sasanian Empire and were considered lower nobility. </p><p>Khosrow promoted honest government officials based on trust and honesty, rather than corrupt nobles and magi.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007230–230_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007230–230-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The small landowning deghans were favored over the high nobles because they tended to be more trustworthy and owed their loyalty to the Shah for their position in the bureaucracy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rise of deghans became the backbone of the empire because they now held the majority of land and positions in local and provincial administration.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The reduction of power of the great families improved the empire. This was because previously, each great family ruled a large chunk of land and had their own king. The name Shahanshah, meaning King of Kings, derived from the fact that there were many <a href="/wiki/Feudalism" title="Feudalism">feudal</a> kings in Sasanian Iran with the Shahanshah as the ruler of them all. Their fall meant their power was redirected to the central government and all taxes now went to the central government rather than to the local nobility. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_reforms">Military reforms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Military reforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major reforms to the military made the Iranian army capable of fighting sustained wars, battling on multiple fronts, and deploy itself faster.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007229_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007229-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to Khosrow's reign, much like other aspects of the empire, the military was dependent on the feudal lords of the great families to provide soldiers and cavalry. Each family would provide their own army and equipment when called by the Shahanshah. This system was replaced with the emergence of the lower deghan nobility class, who was paid and provided by the central government.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main force of the Sasanian army was the <a href="/wiki/Aswaran" title="Aswaran">Aswaran</a> cavalry. Previously only nobles could enlist into the Aswaran cavalry which was very limited and created shortages in well trained soldiers. Now that the <a href="/wiki/Dehqan" title="Dehqan">dehqan</a> class was considered nobility, they were able to join the cavalry force and boosted the number of cavalry force significantly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007229_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007229-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The military reform focused more on organization and training of troops. The cavalry was still the most important aspect of the Iranian military, with foot archers being less important, and mass peasant forces being on the bottom of the spectrum. </p><p>Khosrow made four military districts with a <i><a href="/wiki/Spahbed" title="Spahbed">spahbed</a></i>, or general, in charge of each district.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the reforms of Khosrow, the general of the Iranians (<i><a href="/wiki/Eran-spahbed" class="mw-redirect" title="Eran-spahbed">Eran-spahbed</a></i>) controlled the military of the entire empire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee2014124_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee2014124-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four zones consisted of Mesopotamia in the west, the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> region in the north, the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> in the central and southwest region, and Central Asia in the east. This new quadripartition of the Empire not only created a more efficient military system but also "[administration] of a vast, multiregional, multicultural, and multiracial empire".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007229_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007229-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Equipment">Equipment</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During Khosrow's reign, a "list" for equipment for the cavalry (<i><a href="/wiki/Aswaran" title="Aswaran">aswaran</a></i>) was written. The list comprised a helmet, a gorget, a chain mail shirt, a lamellar coat or cuirass, leg armour, gauntlets, sword, shield, two bows with spare strings, 30 arrows, axe or mace, and horse armour.<sup id="cite_ref-Bivar_1972_271–291_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bivar_1972_271–291-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sasanian bullae showing the four spahbeds show that horses were still fully armoured during this period and heavy cavalry tactics were still used by the Sasanian cavalry. It is highly likely that the stirrup had been introduced to the Sasanian cavalry two centuries before Khosrow's reforms<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (and are mentioned in Bivar (1972)<sup id="cite_ref-Bivar_1972_271–291_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bivar_1972_271–291-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), and a "stirrupped" foot position can be seen on the Sasanian bullae and at Taq-e-Bostan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_campaigns">Military campaigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Military campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 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href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nisibis_(541)" title="Battle of Nisibis (541)">Nisibis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sisauranon_(541)" title="Siege of Sisauranon (541)">Sisauranon</a></li></ul></li> <li>Invasion of Commagene (aborted)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anglon_(543)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Anglon (543)">Anglon</a> (543)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Edessa_(544)" title="Siege of Edessa (544)">Edessa</a> (544)</li> <li><i>Five-year truce</i> (545)</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Lazic_War" title="Lazic War">Lazic War</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Petra_(541)" title="Siege of Petra (541)">1st Petra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Petra_(549)" title="Siege of Petra (549)">2nd Petra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Petra_(550%E2%80%93551)" title="Siege of Petra (550–551)">3rd Petra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Archaeopolis_(551)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Archaeopolis (551) (page does not exist)">1st Archaeopolis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Cotais&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siege of Cotais (page does not exist)">Cotais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Telephis%E2%80%93Ollaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Telephis–Ollaria">Telephis–Ollaria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Archaeopolis_(555)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siege of Archaeopolis (555) (page does not exist)">2nd Archaeopolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Onoguris" title="Siege of Onoguris">Onoguris (3rd Archaeopolis)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Phasis" title="Siege of Phasis">Phasis</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fifty-Year_Peace_Treaty" title="Fifty-Year Peace Treaty">Fifty-Year Peace Treaty</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Hephthalite%E2%80%93Sasanian_Wars" title="Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars">War with the Hephthalites</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gol-Zarriun" title="Battle of Gol-Zarriun">Bukhara</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Aksumite%E2%80%93Persian_wars" title="Aksumite–Persian wars">War with the Aksumites</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hadhramaut" title="Battle of Hadhramaut">Hadhramaut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sanaa_(570)" title="Siege of Sanaa (570)">Sanaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasanian_reconquest_of_Yemen" title="Sasanian reconquest of Yemen">Reconquest of Yemen</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_War_of_572%E2%80%93591" title="Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591">War with the Byzantines (572–591)</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Revolts of Armenia and Iberia (571)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Nisibis_(573)" title="Siege of Nisibis (573)">Nisibis</a> (573)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Dara_(573)" title="Siege of Dara (573)">Dara</a> (573)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adarmahan" title="Adarmahan">Adarmahan</a>'s invasion of Syria</li> <li><i>Five-year truce in Mesopotamia</i></li> <li>Invasion of Armenia</li> <li>Invasion of Syria</li> <li>Invasion of Anatolia <ul><li>Theodosiopolis</li> <li>Caesarea</li> <li>Sebastia</li> <li>Melitene</li></ul></li> <li>Byzantine raids (576)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamkhosrow" title="Tamkhosrow">Tamkhosrow</a> Armenian campaign</li> <li>War in Mesopotamia (578) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aphum" class="mw-redirect" title="Aphum">Aphum</a></li> <li>Singara</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Background_2">Background</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 539 Khosrow had originally attempted to gain a <i><a href="/wiki/Casus_belli" title="Casus belli">casus belli</a></i> against the Byzantines by trying to take advantage of a disagreement between his <a href="/wiki/Lakhmid" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakhmid">Lakhmid</a> clients and the Byzantine clients <a href="/wiki/Ghassanids" title="Ghassanids">Ghassanids</a>, who both claimed ownership of the lands south of <a href="/wiki/Palmyra" title="Palmyra">Palmyra</a>, near the old <i><a href="/wiki/Strata_Diocletiana" title="Strata Diocletiana">Strata Diocletiana</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His attempt was, however, thwarted when the Byzantines successfully equivocated the problem.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, Khosrow accused Justinian of trying to bribe the Lakhmid ruler <a href="/wiki/Al-Mundhir_III_ibn_al-Nu%27man" title="Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man">al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 503–554</span>) through his diplomat Summus, and also that he had emboldened some <a href="/wiki/Huns" title="Huns">Huns</a> to make incursions into Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ghassanid ruler <a href="/wiki/Al-Harith_ibn_Jabalah" title="Al-Harith ibn Jabalah">al-Harith ibn Jabalah</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 528–569</span>) invaded Mundhir's territory and carried off rich booty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow complained to Justinian about this incident, and requested that the stolen riches be returned to him, including payment for the Arabs that had been killed during the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102–103_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102–103-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His request was, however, ignored.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This incident, along with the support by an emissary from the <a href="/wiki/Ostrogoth" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostrogoth">Ostrogoth</a> king <a href="/wiki/Vitiges" title="Vitiges">Vitiges</a>, and the Armenians living in Byzantine territory being dissatisfied with their rule, encouraged Khosrow to renew the war against the Byzantines.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102–103_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102–103-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Justinian's ceaseless wars in <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Peninsula">Italy</a> must have contributed to Khosrow's aspirations as well.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002102-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Justinian, informed of Khosrow's intention for war, tried to dissuade him, but to no avail.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sasanian_invasion_of_Syria">Sasanian invasion of Syria</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sasanian invasion of Syria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 540, Khosrow invaded the domains of the Byzantines; he avoided the fortress of <a href="/wiki/Circesium" title="Circesium">Circesium</a>, and instead approached <a href="/wiki/Halabiye" title="Halabiye">Zenobia</a>, where he made a lukewarm attempt to persuade the fortress to surrender, which proved unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then proceeded to <a href="/wiki/Sura,_Syria" title="Sura, Syria">Sura</a> and killed its commander Arsaces in battle. Demoralized by the death of their commander, the residents sent their bishop to parley with Khosrow.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103_49-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Feigning to accept the plea of the bishop, Khosrow took advantage of the occasion and captured the city, which was shortly sacked.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103_49-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Germanus_(cousin_of_Justinian_I)" title="Germanus (cousin of Justinian I)">Germanus</a>, the cousin of Justinian, sent the bishop of <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Beroea</a>, Megas, to negotiate with Khosrow.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103_49-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regardless, Khosrow continued his expedition, threatening the city of <a href="/wiki/Manbij" title="Manbij">Hierapolis</a>, whose custodians swiftly paid him 2,000 pounds or 910 kilograms of silver to leave the city untouched.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103_49-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After receiving additional pleas by Megas, Khosrow agreed to end his expedition in return for ten <i><a href="/wiki/Quintal" title="Quintal">centenaria</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103_49-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Megas went back to <a href="/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a> to inform Germanus of Khosrow's demands, the latter approached Beroea, which he had sacked.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103_49-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002103-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June, Khosrow reached Antioch, where he offered its citizens to not attack the city in return for ten <i>centenaria</i>. His offer was rejected, and as a result he captured and sacked the city.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002104_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002104-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Justinian sued for peace, and made a treaty with Khosrow that the Iranians would withdraw back to their domains in return for a payment of 50 <i>centenaria</i> plus 5 <i>centenaria</i> extra each year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002106_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002106-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Part of treaty also included that the Byzantine envoys were to be hostages of Khosrow as an assurance that the Byzantines would honor the agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002106_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002106-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, before departing, Khosrow went to the port of Antioch, <a href="/wiki/Seleucia_Pieria" title="Seleucia Pieria">Seleucia Pieria</a>, where he bathed in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002106_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002106-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then told the envoys that he wished to visit the city of <a href="/wiki/Apamea,_Syria" title="Apamea, Syria">Apamea</a> out of interest, which they reluctantly allowed him, with the condition that he would leave for his domains afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-PROXI_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PROXI-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There he held chariot races, where he made the Blue Faction—which was supported by Justinian—lose against the rival Greens.<sup id="cite_ref-PROXI_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PROXI-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow extracted tribute from Apamea and other Byzantine towns, at which point Justinian called off his truce and prepared to send his commander <a href="/wiki/Belisarius" title="Belisarius">Belisarius</a> to move against the Sasanians.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lazic_War">Lazic War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Lazic War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">The relevance of particular information in (or previously in) this article or section is <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute">disputed</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> The information may have been <b>removed</b> or <b>included</b> by an editor as a result. Please see discussion on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Khosrow_I" title="Talk:Khosrow I">talk page</a> considering whether its inclusion is warranted.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lazica_in_Late_Antiquity.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Lazica_in_Late_Antiquity.svg/220px-Lazica_in_Late_Antiquity.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Lazica_in_Late_Antiquity.svg/330px-Lazica_in_Late_Antiquity.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Lazica_in_Late_Antiquity.svg/440px-Lazica_in_Late_Antiquity.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1038" data-file-height="935" /></a><figcaption>Map of <a href="/wiki/Lazica" title="Lazica">Lazica</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In spring 541, Khosrow brought his army north to <a href="/wiki/Lazica" title="Lazica">Lazica</a> on request of the Lazic king <a href="/wiki/Gubazes_II_of_Lazica" title="Gubazes II of Lazica">Gubazes II</a> to repel the Byzantines from his territory. The fortress of <a href="/wiki/Petra,_Lazica" title="Petra, Lazica">Petra</a> was afterwards <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Petra_(541)" title="Siege of Petra (541)">captured by Khosrow's forces</a>, and a protectorate was established over the country.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, <a href="/wiki/Belisarius" title="Belisarius">Belisarius</a> arrived in Mesopotamia and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nisibis_(541)" title="Battle of Nisibis (541)">began besieging</a> the city of <a href="/wiki/Nusaybin" title="Nusaybin">Nisibis</a>. Although Belisarius had greatly outnumbered the city garrison, the city was too well fortified and he was forced to <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sisauranon_(541)" title="Siege of Sisauranon (541)">ravage the country</a> around the Nisibis, subsequently getting recalled back west.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anglon" title="Battle of Anglon">successful campaigns</a> in Armenia, Khosrow was encouraged once again to attack Syria. Khosrow turned south towards <a href="/wiki/Edessa,_Mesopotamia" class="mw-redirect" title="Edessa, Mesopotamia">Edessa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Edessa_(544)" title="Siege of Edessa (544)">besieged the city</a>. Edessa was now a much more important city than Antioch was, and the garrison which occupied the city was able to resist the siege.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Iranians were forced to retreat from Edessa, but were able to forge a five-year truce with the Byzantine Empire in 545.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three years into the five-year truce (548), rebellion against Sasanian control broke out in Lazica. In response, a Byzantine army was sent to support the people of Lazica, effectively ending the established truce and thus continuing the Lazic Wars.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sometime later, Khosrow, who was keen to wrest Dara from Byzantine control, and would do so even if he risked to break the truce they had made regarding Mesopotamia, tried to capture it by tricking them; he sent one of highest officials, <a href="/wiki/Izadgushasp" title="Izadgushasp">Izadgushasp</a>, as a diplomat to <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>, but in reality the latter would stop by Dara, and with the aid of his large crew, he would seize the city. However, this plan was prevented by a former adviser of Belisarius named George, who demanded that if Izadgushasp should enter the city he should have only twenty members of his crew with him. Izadgushasp then left the city and continued his journey to Constantinople, where he was amicably welcomed by Justinian, who gave him some gifts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002123_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002123-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 549 the previous truce between Justinian and Khosrow was disregarded and full war broke out once again between Iranians and Romans. The last major decisive battle of the Lazic wars came in 556 when Byzantine general Martin defeated a massive Sasanian force led by an Iranian <i>nakhvaegan</i> (field marshal).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007236_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007236-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Negotiations between Khosrow and Justinian opened in 556, leading to the <a href="/wiki/Fifty-Year_Peace_Treaty" title="Fifty-Year Peace Treaty">Fifty-Year Peace Treaty</a> in 562 in which Iranians would leave Lazica in return for an annual payment of gold.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to ancient historian Menander Protector, a minor official in Justinian's court, there were 12 points to the treaty, stated in the following passage:<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>1. Through the pass at the place called Tzon and through the Caspian Gates the </p><p>Persians shall not allow the Huns or Alans or other barbarians access to the Roman Empire, nor shall the Romans either in that area or on any other part of the Persian frontier send an army against the Persians. </p><p>2. The Saracen allies of both states shall themselves also abide by these agreements and those of the Persians shall not attack the Romans, nor those of the Romans the Persians. </p><p>3. Roman and Persian merchants of all kinds of goods, as well as similar tradesmen, shall conduct their business according to the established practice through the specified customs posts. </p><p>4. Ambassadors and all others using the public post to deliver messages, both those traveling to Roman and those to Persian territory, shall be honoured each according to his status and rank and shall receive the appropriate attention. They shall be sent back without delay, but shall be able to exchange the trade goods which they have brought without hindrance or any impost. </p><p>5. It is agreed that Saracen and all other barbarian merchants of either state shall not travel by strange roads but shall go by Nisibis and Daras, and shall not cross into foreign territory without official permission. But if they dare anything contrary to the agreement (that is to say, if they engage in tax-dodging, so-called), they shall be hunted down by the officers of the frontier and handed over for punishment together with the merchandise which they are carrying, whether Assyrian or Roman. </p><p>6. If anyone during the period of hostilities defected either from the Romans to the Persians or from the Persians to the Romans and if he should give himself up and wish to return to his home, he shall not be prevented from so doing and no obstacle shall be put in his way. But those who in time of peace defect and desert from one side to the other shall not be received, but every means shall be used to return them, even against their will, to those from whom they fled. </p><p>7. Those who complain that they have suffered some hurt at the hands of subjects of the other state shall settle the dispute equitably, meeting at the border either in person or through their own representatives before the officials of both states, and in this manner the guilty party shall make good the damage. </p><p>8. Henceforth, the Persians shall not complain to the Romans about the fortification of Daras. But in future neither state shall fortify or protect with a wall any place along the frontier, so that no occasion for dispute shall arise from such an act and the treaty be broken. </p><p>9. The forces of one state shall not attack or make war upon a people or any other territory subject to the other, but without inflicting or suffering injury shall remain where they are so that they too might enjoy the peace. </p><p>10. A large force, beyond what is adequate to defend the town, shall not be stationed at Daras, and the general of the East shall not have his headquarters there, in order that this not lead to incursions against or injury to the Persians. It was agreed that if some such should happen, the commander at Daras should deal with the offense. </p><p>11. If a city causes damage to or destroys the property of a city of the other side not in legitimate hostilities and with a regular military force but by guile and theft (for there are such godless men who do these things to provide a pretext for war), it was agreed that the judges stationed on the frontiers of both states should make a thorough investigation of such acts and punish them. If these prove unable to check the damage that neighbours are inflicting on each other, it was agreed that the case should be referred to the general of the East on the understanding that if the dispute were not settled within six months and the plaintiff had not recovered his losses, the offender should be liable to the plaintiff for a double indemnity. It was agreed that if the matter were not settled in this way, the injured party should send a deputation to the sovereign of the offender. If within one year the sovereign does not give satisfaction and the plaintiff does not receive the double indemnity due to him, the treaty shall be regarded as broken in respect of this clause. </p><p>12. Here you might find prayers to God and imprecations to the effect that may God be gracious and ever an ally to him who abides by the peace, but if anyone with deceit wishes to alter any of the agreements, may God be his adversary and enemy. </p><p> 13. The treaty is for fifty years, and the terms of the peace shall be in force for fifty years, the year being reckoned according to the old fashion as ending with the three hundred and sixty-fifth day.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_in_the_East">War in the East</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: War in the East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sasanian_expansion_in_the_east_under_Kavad_I_and_Khosrow_I.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Sasanian_expansion_in_the_east_under_Kavad_I_and_Khosrow_I.svg/220px-Sasanian_expansion_in_the_east_under_Kavad_I_and_Khosrow_I.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Sasanian_expansion_in_the_east_under_Kavad_I_and_Khosrow_I.svg/330px-Sasanian_expansion_in_the_east_under_Kavad_I_and_Khosrow_I.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Sasanian_expansion_in_the_east_under_Kavad_I_and_Khosrow_I.svg/440px-Sasanian_expansion_in_the_east_under_Kavad_I_and_Khosrow_I.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="4181" data-file-height="2882" /></a><figcaption>Sasanian expansion in the east</figcaption></figure> <p>With a stable peace agreement with the Byzantines in the west, Khosrow was now able to focus his attention on the eastern Hephthalites<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007238_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007238-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and end their domination over <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even with the growth of Iranian military power under Khosrow's reforms, the Sasanians were still uneasy at the prospect of attacking the <a href="/wiki/Hephthalite" class="mw-redirect" title="Hephthalite">Hephthalite</a> on their own and began to seek allies.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007238_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007238-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their answer came in the form of <a href="/wiki/Turkic_peoples" title="Turkic peoples">Turkic</a> incursions into Central Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201430_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201430-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movement of Turkic people into Central Asia very quickly made them natural enemies and competitors to the Hephthalites.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007238_57-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007238-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Hephthalites were a strong military power but they lacked the organization to fight on multiple fronts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007238_57-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007238-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sasanians and the <a href="/wiki/First_Turkic_Khaganate" title="First Turkic Khaganate">First Turkic Khaganate</a> made an alliance and in 557 launched a two pronged attack on the Hephthalites, taking advantage of their disorganization and disunity. The Hephthalite Empire was destroyed after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gol-Zarriun" title="Battle of Gol-Zarriun">battle of Gol-Zarriun</a>, and broke into several minor kingdoms around the Oxus. The Hephthalite king Ghadfar and what was left of his men fled southward to Sasanian territory, where they took refuge.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERezakhani2017141–142_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERezakhani2017141–142-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, the Turkic <a href="/wiki/Khagan" title="Khagan">Khagan</a> <a href="/wiki/Ist%C3%A4mi" title="Istämi">Sinjibu</a> reached an agreement with the Hephthalite nobility, and appointed <a href="/wiki/Faghanish" title="Faghanish">Faghanish</a>, the ruler of <a href="/wiki/Chaghaniyan" title="Chaghaniyan">Chaghaniyan</a>, as the new Hephthalite king.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERezakhani2017142_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERezakhani2017142-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KhosrauITokharistanCoinHistoryofIran.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/KhosrauITokharistanCoinHistoryofIran.jpg/220px-KhosrauITokharistanCoinHistoryofIran.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/KhosrauITokharistanCoinHistoryofIran.jpg/330px-KhosrauITokharistanCoinHistoryofIran.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/KhosrauITokharistanCoinHistoryofIran.jpg/440px-KhosrauITokharistanCoinHistoryofIran.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="248" /></a><figcaption>Later imitation of a drachm of Khosrow I from the <a href="/wiki/Surkhan_Darya" class="mw-redirect" title="Surkhan Darya">Surkhan Darya</a> valley, <a href="/wiki/Tokharistan" title="Tokharistan">Tokharistan</a>, a region that was lost during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Peroz_I" title="Peroz I">Peroz I</a>, but was later reconquered by Khosrow I.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>This was much to the dislike of Khosrow, who considered the Turkic collaboration with the Hephthalites to pose a danger for his rule in the east, and thus marched towards the Sasanian-Turkic border in <a href="/wiki/Hyrcania" title="Hyrcania">Gurgan</a>. When he reached the place, he was met by a Turkic delegate of Sinjibu that presented him gifts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERezakhani2017142_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERezakhani2017142-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There Khosrow asserted his authority and military potency, and persuaded the Turks to make an alliance with him. The alliance contained a treaty that made it obligatory for Faghanish to be sent to the Sasanian court in <a href="/wiki/Ctesiphon" title="Ctesiphon">Ctesiphon</a> and gain the approval of Khosrow for his status as Hephthalite king.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERezakhani2017142_61-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERezakhani2017142-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Faghanish and his kingdom of Chaghaniyan thus became a vassal of the Sasanian Empire, which set the <a href="/wiki/Amu_Darya" title="Amu Darya">Oxus</a> as the eastern frontier the Sasanians and Turks.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELitvinskyDani1996176–177_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELitvinskyDani1996176–177-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBivar2003198–201_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBivar2003198–201-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, friendly relations between Turks and Sasanians quickly deteriorated after that. Both Turks and Iranians wanted to dominate the <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a> and the trade industry between the west and the far east.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 562 Khosrow II defeated the <a href="/wiki/Hephthalites" title="Hephthalites">Hephthalites</a> once again, and then stopped the threat of the Turks.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 568 a Turkic embassy was sent to Byzantine to propose an alliance and two pronged attack on the Sasanian Empire. Fortunately for the Sasanians, nothing ever came from this proposal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDignasWinter2007115_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDignasWinter2007115-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 569/570, Sinjibu attacked and pillaged Sasanian border lands, but a treaty was soon signed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005_58-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow then sent a <a href="/wiki/House_of_Mihran" title="House of Mihran">Mihranid</a> named <a href="/wiki/Mihransitad" title="Mihransitad">Mihransitad</a>, to estimate the quality of the daughter of the Turkic Khagan.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008103_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008103-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Armenian sources her name was Kayen,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Persian sources states that her name was Qaqim-khaqan.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Mihransitad's visit in <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>, Khosrow married Qaqim-khaqan. According to some sources, <a href="/wiki/Hormizd_IV" title="Hormizd IV">Hormizd IV</a>, the successor of Khosrow, was the son of the Turkic princess. However, <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Iranica" title="Encyclopædia Iranica">Encyclopædia Iranica</a></i> states that the "marriage with the daughter of the Turkic khaqan is chronologically impossible", and says that Hormizd was born in 540, thirty years before Khosrow's marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005_58-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign_in_Yemen_against_Abyssinia">Campaign in Yemen against Abyssinia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Campaign in Yemen against Abyssinia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Abyssinian%E2%80%93Persian_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Abyssinian–Persian wars">Abyssinian–Persian wars</a></div> <p>In 522, before Khosrow's reign, a group of miaphysite <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopians</a> led an attack on the dominant <a href="/wiki/Himyarite_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Himyarite Kingdom">Himyarites</a> of southern Arabia. The local Arab leader blunted the attack, and appealed to the Sasanians for aid, while the Ethiopians subsequently turned towards the Byzantines for help. The Ethiopians sent another force across the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a>, killed the Arab leader, and crowned an Ethiopian king of the region.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 531, Justinian suggested that the Ethiopians of <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> end the Sasanians maritime trade with the Indians. The Ethiopians never met this request because an Ethiopian general named <a href="/wiki/Abraha" title="Abraha">Abraha</a> took control of the Yemenite throne and created an independent nation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Abraha's death one of his sons, Ma'd-Karib, went into exile while his half-brother took the throne. After being denied by Justinian, Ma'd-Karib sought help from Khosrow, who sent a small fleet and army under commander <a href="/wiki/Vahrez" class="mw-redirect" title="Vahrez">Vahrez</a> to depose the current king of Yemen. After capturing the capital city San'a'l, Ma'd-Karib's son, Saif enthroned.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Justinian was ultimately responsible for Sasanian maritime presence in Yemen. By not providing the Yemenite Arabs support, Khosrow was able to help Ma'd-Karib and subsequently established Yemen as a principality of the Sasanian Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007237_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007237-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_with_the_Byzantine_Empire,_572–591"><span id="War_with_the_Byzantine_Empire.2C_572.E2.80.93591"></span>War with the Byzantine Empire, 572–591</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: War with the Byzantine Empire, 572–591"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_War_of_572%E2%80%93591" title="Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591">Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591</a></div> <p>Justinian died in 565 and left <a href="/wiki/Justin_II" title="Justin II">Justin II</a> to succeed the throne. In 555, the Sasanian governor of Armenia and a relative of Khosrow, <a href="/wiki/Chihor-Vishnasp" title="Chihor-Vishnasp">Chihor-Vishnasp</a> (also known as Suren), built a fire temple at the Armenian capital <a href="/wiki/Dvin_(ancient_city)" title="Dvin (ancient city)">Dvin</a> and put to death a popular and influential member of the <a href="/wiki/Mamikonian" title="Mamikonian">Mamikonian family</a>. This execution created tremendous civil unrest and led to a revolt and massacre of the governor including the capture of Dvin in 572. Justin II took advantage of this revolt and used it as an excuse to stop paying annual payments to Khosrow, effectively putting an end to the 51 year peace treaty that was established ten years earlier. Khosrow, who tried to avoid another war, sent a Christian diplomat named Sebokht to Constantinople in order to try to persuade Justin to change his mind. Justin, however, refused to listen to the diplomat, and prepared to help the Armenians, whom he considered his allies, in their war against Khosrow.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002141_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002141-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Byzantine army was sent into Sasanian territory and besieged Nisibis in the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, Khosrow sent an army under <a href="/wiki/Golon_Mihran" title="Golon Mihran">Golon Mihran</a> to Armenia, but the latter was defeated in <a href="/wiki/Taron_(historic_Armenia)" title="Taron (historic Armenia)">Taron</a> by the Armenian rebel leader Vardan III Mamikonian, who captured his war elephants as war booty. Sometime later, however, Golon Mihran managed to seize <a href="/wiki/Angl" class="mw-redirect" title="Angl">Angl</a>. During the same time, the <a href="/wiki/Siunia_dynasty" title="Siunia dynasty">Siunian</a> prince Vahan asked for Khosrow's permission that he could move his court from Dvin to the capital of <a href="/wiki/Paytakaran" title="Paytakaran">Paytakaran</a>, a region in eastern Armenia. Furthermore, Vahan also requested that Paytakaran should be merged with the <a href="/wiki/Adurbadagan" title="Adurbadagan">Adurbadagan</a> province. Khosrow accepted, and did what he asked.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002149_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002149-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 573, Khosrow sent an army under <a href="/wiki/Adarmahan" title="Adarmahan">Adarmahan</a> to invade <a href="/wiki/Syria_(Roman_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Syria (Roman province)">Syria</a>, while he himself along with the three <a href="/wiki/House_of_Mihran" title="House of Mihran">Mihranid</a> military officers <a href="/wiki/Izadgushasp" title="Izadgushasp">Izadgushasp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fariburz" title="Fariburz">Fariburz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bahram_Chobin" title="Bahram Chobin">Bahram Chobin</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1988514–522_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi1988514–522-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008102_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008102-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> led an army towards <a href="/wiki/Dara_(Mesopotamia)" title="Dara (Mesopotamia)">Dara</a>, where they captured the city after four months, while Adarmahan sacked several cities in Syria, which included <a href="/wiki/Apamea,_Syria" title="Apamea, Syria">Apamea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Justin reportedly lost his mind after these Byzantine disasters, and abdicated. </p><p>He was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Tiberius_II_Constantine" title="Tiberius II Constantine">Tiberius</a>, a high-ranking military officer in 578.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007240_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007240-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow invaded Armenia once again feeling that he had the upper hand, and was initially successful. Soon after, the tables turned and the Byzantines gained a lot of local support. This made the Sasanians attempt another truce. However, sometime later, Khosrow, with an army consisting of 12,000 Iranian soldiers including a combined of <a href="/wiki/Sabir_people" title="Sabir people">Sabir</a>-<a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arab</a> soldiers numbering 8,000 sent by his allies, ravaged the places around <a href="/wiki/Resaina" class="mw-redirect" title="Resaina">Resaina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Viran%C5%9Fehir" title="Viranşehir">Constantia</a> in Syria, thus turning the tables once more.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002160_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002160-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the same time, one of Khosrow's chief generals, <a href="/wiki/Tamkhosrau" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamkhosrau">Tamkhosrau</a>, managed to trick Maurice by faking an invasion of Theodosiopolis, and then plundered the countryside of <a href="/wiki/Silvan,_Diyarbak%C4%B1r" title="Silvan, Diyarbakır">Martyropolis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amida_(Mesopotamia)" title="Amida (Mesopotamia)">Amida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002161_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu2002161-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the tables of the war quickly turned again when the newly appointed Byzantine supreme-commander <a href="/wiki/Maurice_(emperor)" title="Maurice (emperor)">Maurice</a> entered the field and captured many Sasanian settlements.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The revolt came to an end when Khosrow gave amnesty to Armenia and brought them back into the Sasanian empire. Peace negotiations were once again brought back up, but abruptly ended with the death of Khosrow in 579,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007240–241_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007240–241-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Hormizd_IV" title="Hormizd IV">Hormizd IV</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_policy">Religious policy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Religious policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_of_Saint_John_the_Arab.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Church_of_Saint_John_the_Arab.jpg/220px-Church_of_Saint_John_the_Arab.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Church_of_Saint_John_the_Arab.jpg/330px-Church_of_Saint_John_the_Arab.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Church_of_Saint_John_the_Arab.jpg/440px-Church_of_Saint_John_the_Arab.jpg 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="625" /></a><figcaption>The remains of a 6th-century <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_East" title="Church of the East">Nestorian church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Anda%C3%A7,_Uludere" title="Andaç, Uludere">Geramon</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Khosrow, like all other Sasanian rulers, was an adherent of <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a2_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a2-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the 5th century, the Sasanian monarchs had been made aware of the significance of the religious minorities in the realm, and as a result tried to homogenize them into a structure of administration where according to legal principles, all would be treated straightforwardly as <i>mard / zan ī šahr</i>, i.e. "man/woman citizen (of the Empire)."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201456_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201456-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> and notably Christians had accepted the concept of Iran and considered themselves part of the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201456_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201456-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time of Khosrow, the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_East" title="Church of the East">Church of the East</a> had the title of "<a href="/wiki/Catholicos" title="Catholicos">Catholicos</a> of Iran" (<i>Ērān Cathollicos</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201427_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201427-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sasanian monarchs only persecuted other religions when it was in their urgent political interests to do.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESauer2017190_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESauer2017190-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This also applied to Khosrow, who, in the words of Eberhard Sauer, had to "walk a fine line".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESauer2017190_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESauer2017190-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow himself used the church considerably, and was fond of its <a href="/wiki/Patriarch_of_the_Church_of_the_East" title="Patriarch of the Church of the East">Patriarch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aba_I" title="Aba I">Aba I</a>, whom he wanted to defend against the Zoroastrian priests.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESauer2017190_82-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESauer2017190-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, Aba was accused of working with the Byzantines, which was a serious allegation due to the war that had begun in 540.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESauer2017190_82-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESauer2017190-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, in 542, Aba was dismissed from his post, but was only exiled instead of being executed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESauer2017190_82-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESauer2017190-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Khosrow even enjoyed good relations with <a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Commander" title="Gregory the Commander">Gregory</a>, the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Mihran" title="House of Mihran">Mihranid</a> commander of the Iranian troops in the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>, who had showily disowned Zoroastrianism in front of other troops massed at a feast in 518.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a51–52_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a51–52-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This resulted in discontent amongst members of the court, who pressured Khosrow to deal with an apostate from such a powerful and influential family, stating that "It is a great dishonor for the religion of the <a href="/wiki/Magi" title="Magi">Magians</a> that such a great man from the lineage of the house of Mihran, who have always been servants of <a href="/wiki/Ahura_Mazda" title="Ahura Mazda">Ohrmazd</a>, now becomes a servant of <a href="/wiki/Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Christ">Christ</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a52_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a52-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow was thus forced to have Gregory relieved and incarcerated, yet the Mihranids deemed Khosrow's choice insufficient.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a52_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a52-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A son of Gregory's paternal uncle, Mihran, asked Khosrow to execute Gregory for "bringing dishonor to our lineage".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a52_84-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a52-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter was in a good position to make such request, due to recently having defeated the Hephthalites in the east; Gregory was eventually executed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a52_84-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a52-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Khosrow did however deal harshly and swiftly with people with of any belief or practice that ran contrary to Sasanian-mediated Zoroastrian orthodoxy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a35_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a35-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aberrance in ceremony and principle exceeded <a href="/wiki/Apostasy" title="Apostasy">apostasy</a> as "a social and political evil in undermining the foundations of the imperial religion (Payne)."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a34_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a34-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Khosrow's supposed autobiographical work of <i>Sirat Anushirwan</i>, he had a party of nobles practicing unorthodoxy executed instantly when he found out about them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a34_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a34-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the book, Khosrow also had another group−supposedly <a href="/wiki/Manichaeans" class="mw-redirect" title="Manichaeans">Manichaeans</a>−banished from Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a34_86-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a34-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was due to the royal anxieties regarding the chance of religious rogues to upset the political structure, which had recently occurred during Kavad and Khosrow's reigns by the Mazdakites.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a34_86-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPayne2015a34-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constructions">Constructions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Constructions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:001125-TaqKasra-Iraq-IMG_7914-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/001125-TaqKasra-Iraq-IMG_7914-2.jpg/220px-001125-TaqKasra-Iraq-IMG_7914-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/001125-TaqKasra-Iraq-IMG_7914-2.jpg/330px-001125-TaqKasra-Iraq-IMG_7914-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/001125-TaqKasra-Iraq-IMG_7914-2.jpg/440px-001125-TaqKasra-Iraq-IMG_7914-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The ruins of the <a href="/wiki/Taq-e_Kasra" class="mw-redirect" title="Taq-e Kasra">Taq-e Kasra</a> today</figcaption></figure> <p>Khosrow is known to have ordered many public works projects during his long reign, such bridges, roads, dams and walls.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKia2016261_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKia2016261-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To protect the frontiers of Iran, Khosrow had a sequence of walls built (and fortified) around his empire, much like the <a href="/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China" title="Great Wall of China">Great Wall of China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall" title="Hadrian's Wall">Hadrian's Wall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">Northern England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Daryaee_2014_29_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daryaee_2014_29-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead of constructing it on one side of the empire, he had it on four.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Middle Persian sources, Khosrow I ordered the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Wall_of_Gorgan" title="Great Wall of Gorgan">Great Wall of Gorgan</a>, which extended from the eastern coast of the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a> to block incursions by nomadic tribes, such as the <a href="/wiki/Hephthalites" title="Hephthalites">Hephthalites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Daryaee_2014_29_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daryaee_2014_29-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the northwest, he had the <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Derbent" title="Fortifications of Derbent">Derbent Wall</a> further fortified to protect the area from incursions by <a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alans</a>, Turks, <a href="/wiki/Sarir" title="Sarir">Sarirs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khazars" title="Khazars">Khazars</a>, and other northern neighbours.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another wall was constructed in the southwest, called the <i>war-i tāzigān</i> ("wall of the Arabs").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He may have also built another wall in the northeast−the <a href="/wiki/Wall_of_Tammisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall of Tammisha">Wall of Tammisha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERekavandiSauer2013_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERekavandiSauer2013-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides defense structures, Khosrow also had a large-scale canal system created in <a href="/wiki/Asoristan" title="Asoristan">Asoristan</a>, known in Islamic sources as the <a href="/wiki/Nahrawan_Canal" title="Nahrawan Canal">Nahrawan Canal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorony1993912–913_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorony1993912–913-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out of all his constructions, his most memorable and noteworthy achievement was the palace he had made at Ctesiphon, known as the <a href="/wiki/Taq-e_Kasra" class="mw-redirect" title="Taq-e Kasra">Taq-e Kasra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKia2016261_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKia2016261-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The palace, still standing till this day, albeit heavily ruined, portrays one of the empire's most remarkable architectural accomplishments.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the sack of Antioch in 540, Khosrow built a new city one <i><a href="/wiki/Parasang" title="Parasang">parasang</a></i> (4–5 kilometres or 2.5–3.1 miles) south of Ctesiphon for the inhabitants he had captured.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was located on the eastern bank of the <a href="/wiki/Tigris" title="Tigris">Tigris</a>, and was officially named <i><a href="/wiki/Weh_Antiok_Khosrow" title="Weh Antiok Khosrow">Weh-andīōg-husraw</a></i> ("City Better than Antioch [has] Khosrow [built this]" or "Khosrow's Better Antioch").<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city reportedly had <a href="/wiki/Public_bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Public bath">public baths</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Hippodrome" title="Hippodrome">hippodrome</a>, and a street program modelled on Antioch.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESauer201734_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESauer201734-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Christian population was granted freedom of religion and burial.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESauer201734_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESauer201734-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city was known informally as Rumagan ("Town of the Greeks"), which later became ar-Rumiyya under the <a href="/wiki/Caliphate" title="Caliphate">Caliphate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESauer201734_94-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESauer201734-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remains of the city are most likely situated at the unexcavated place that is still till this day known as Bustan Kisra ("Gardens of Khosrow").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESauer201734_94-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESauer201734-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Wall_of_Gorgan_20160522_05.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Remains of the Great Wall of Gorgan"><img alt="Remains of the Great Wall of Gorgan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Great_Wall_of_Gorgan_20160522_05.jpg/200px-Great_Wall_of_Gorgan_20160522_05.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Great_Wall_of_Gorgan_20160522_05.jpg/300px-Great_Wall_of_Gorgan_20160522_05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Great_Wall_of_Gorgan_20160522_05.jpg/400px-Great_Wall_of_Gorgan_20160522_05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Remains of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Wall_of_Gorgan" title="Great Wall of Gorgan">Great Wall of Gorgan</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gorgan-e-Difar.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map illustrating the extent of the Great Wall of Gorgan"><img alt="Map illustrating the extent of the Great Wall of Gorgan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Gorgan-e-Difar.svg/200px-Gorgan-e-Difar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Gorgan-e-Difar.svg/300px-Gorgan-e-Difar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Gorgan-e-Difar.svg/400px-Gorgan-e-Difar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1025" data-file-height="652" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Map illustrating the extent of the Great Wall of Gorgan</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wall of the Derbent citadel"><img alt="Wall of the Derbent citadel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg/200px-%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg/300px-%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg/400px-%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Wall of the <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Derbent" title="Fortifications of Derbent">Derbent citadel</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mauer_von_Derbend.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the Sasanian fortifications at Derbent, by Roderich von Erckert"><img alt="Map of the Sasanian fortifications at Derbent, by Roderich von Erckert" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mauer_von_Derbend.jpg/200px-Mauer_von_Derbend.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mauer_von_Derbend.jpg/300px-Mauer_von_Derbend.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mauer_von_Derbend.jpg/400px-Mauer_von_Derbend.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1382" data-file-height="1105" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Map of the Sasanian fortifications at Derbent, by <a href="/wiki/Roderich_von_Erckert" title="Roderich von Erckert">Roderich von Erckert</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coinage">Coinage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Coinage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Khosrow_I_Anushirvan,_Gundeshapur_mint.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Khosrow_I_Anushirvan%2C_Gundeshapur_mint.jpg/220px-Khosrow_I_Anushirvan%2C_Gundeshapur_mint.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Khosrow_I_Anushirvan%2C_Gundeshapur_mint.jpg/330px-Khosrow_I_Anushirvan%2C_Gundeshapur_mint.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Khosrow_I_Anushirvan%2C_Gundeshapur_mint.jpg/440px-Khosrow_I_Anushirvan%2C_Gundeshapur_mint.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="386" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ancient_drachma" title="Ancient drachma">Drachma</a> of Khosrow I, minted at <a href="/wiki/Gundeshapur" title="Gundeshapur">Gundeshapur</a> in 558.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Sassanian revival took place under his rule, so Khosrow minted such inscriptions on his especial issue <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_coinage" title="Sasanian coinage">coinage</a> as "Iranians have become fearless" (<i>ērān abē-bēm kard</i>), and "Iranians became strong" (<i>ērān abzonhēnēd</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201431_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201431-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philosopher_King">Philosopher King</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Philosopher King"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nushirwan_Holds_a_Banquet_for_his_Minister_Buzurgmihr_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Nushirwan_Holds_a_Banquet_for_his_Minister_Buzurgmihr_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Nushirwan_Holds_a_Banquet_for_his_Minister_Buzurgmihr_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Nushirwan_Holds_a_Banquet_for_his_Minister_Buzurgmihr_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Nushirwan_Holds_a_Banquet_for_his_Minister_Buzurgmihr_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Nushirwan_Holds_a_Banquet_for_his_Minister_Buzurgmihr_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Nushirwan_Holds_a_Banquet_for_his_Minister_Buzurgmihr_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1056" data-file-height="1056" /></a><figcaption>Khosrow I holds a banquet for <a href="/wiki/Bozorgmehr" title="Bozorgmehr">Bozorgmehr</a>, his <a href="/wiki/Vizier" title="Vizier">vizier</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Khosrow I was admired, both in Iran and elsewhere, for his character, virtues, and knowledge of Greek philosophy. He was identified by some Romans as the true <a href="/wiki/Philosopher_king" title="Philosopher king">philosopher king</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200865_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200865-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Khosrow I was known to be a great patron of philosophy and knowledge. An entry in the <a href="/wiki/Chronicle_of_S%C3%A9ert" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronicle of Séert">Chronicle of Séert</a> reads: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Khosrau was very learned in philosophy, which he had studied, it is said, under Mar Bar Samma, the Syriac bishop of Qardu, and under <a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Persian" title="Paul the Persian">Paul the Persian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> Khosrow I is known for saying a philosophic quote that follows: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>We examined the customs of our forebears, but, concerned with the discovery of the truth, we [also] studied the customs and conducts of the Romans and Indians and accepted those among them which seemed reasonable and praiseworthy, not merely likeable. We have not rejected anyone because they belonged to a different religion or people. And having examined "the good customs and laws of our ancestors as well as those of the foreigners, we have not declined to adopt anything which was good nor to avoid anything which was bad. Affection for our forebears did not lead us to accept customs which were not good.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005_58-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Khosrow I accepted refugees coming from the Eastern Roman Empire when Justinian closed the neo-Platonist schools in Athens in 529.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201430_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201430-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was greatly interested in Indian philosophy, science, mathematics, and medicine. He sent multiple embassies and gifts to the Indian court and requested them to send back philosophers to teach in his court in return.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007241_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007241-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow made many translations of texts from <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Syriac_language" title="Syriac language">Syriac</a> into <a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian" title="Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received the title of "Plato's Philosopher King" by the Greek refugees that he allowed into his empire because of his great interest in <a href="/wiki/Platonism" title="Platonism">Platonic philosophy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201430_59-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201430-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Theodor_N%C3%B6ldeke" title="Theodor Nöldeke">Nöldeke</a> states that Khosrow I was "certainly one of the most efficient and best kings that the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranians</a> have ever had".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005_58-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahbazi2005-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A synthesis of Greek, Iranian, Indian, and Armenian learning traditions took place within the Sasanian Empire. One outcome of this synthesis created what is known as <a href="/wiki/Bimaristan" title="Bimaristan">bimaristan</a>, the first hospital that introduced a concept of segregating wards according to pathology. Greek pharmacology fused with Iranian and Indian traditions resulted in significant advances in medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007241_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007241-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to historian Richard Frye, this great influx of knowledge created a renaissance during, and proceeding Khosrow's reign.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:King_Khosrow_sits_before_the_chessboard,_while_his_vizir_and_the_envoy_of_Qannuj_are_playing_chess._Shahnameh,_10th_century_CE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/King_Khosrow_sits_before_the_chessboard%2C_while_his_vizir_and_the_envoy_of_Qannuj_are_playing_chess._Shahnameh%2C_10th_century_CE.jpg/220px-King_Khosrow_sits_before_the_chessboard%2C_while_his_vizir_and_the_envoy_of_Qannuj_are_playing_chess._Shahnameh%2C_10th_century_CE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/King_Khosrow_sits_before_the_chessboard%2C_while_his_vizir_and_the_envoy_of_Qannuj_are_playing_chess._Shahnameh%2C_10th_century_CE.jpg/330px-King_Khosrow_sits_before_the_chessboard%2C_while_his_vizir_and_the_envoy_of_Qannuj_are_playing_chess._Shahnameh%2C_10th_century_CE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/King_Khosrow_sits_before_the_chessboard%2C_while_his_vizir_and_the_envoy_of_Qannuj_are_playing_chess._Shahnameh%2C_10th_century_CE.jpg/440px-King_Khosrow_sits_before_the_chessboard%2C_while_his_vizir_and_the_envoy_of_Qannuj_are_playing_chess._Shahnameh%2C_10th_century_CE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1068" data-file-height="681" /></a><figcaption>King Khosrow sits before the chessboard, while his vizir and the Indian envoy of <a href="/wiki/Kannauj" title="Kannauj">Kannauj</a> are playing chess. <i><a href="/wiki/Shahnama" class="mw-redirect" title="Shahnama">Shahnama</a></i>, 10th century CE.<sup id="cite_ref-ME_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ME-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Intellectual games such as <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> and <a href="/wiki/Backgammon" title="Backgammon">backgammon</a> demonstrated and celebrated the diplomatic relationship between Khosrow and a "great king of India." The <a href="/wiki/Vizier" title="Vizier">vizier</a> of the Indian king invented chess as a cheerful, playful challenge to King Khosrow. It seems that the Indian ruler who sent the game of chess to Khosrow was the <a href="/wiki/Maukhari_dynasty" title="Maukhari dynasty">Maukhari</a> King <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Aarvavarman" class="mw-redirect" title="Śarvavarman">Śarvavarman</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kannauj" title="Kannauj">Kannauj</a>, between the beginning of Śarvavarman's reign in 560/565 and the end of Khosrow's reign in 579.<sup id="cite_ref-ME_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ME-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the game was sent to Iran it came with a letter which read: "As your name is the King of Kings, all your emperorship over us connotes that your wise men should be wiser than ours. Either you send us an explanation of this game of chess or send revenue and tribute us."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECanepa2009181_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECanepa2009181-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow's grand vizier successfully solved the riddle and figured out how to play chess. In response the wise vizier created the game backgammon and sent it to the Indian court with the same message. The Indian king was not able to solve the riddle and was forced to pay tribute.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECanepa2009181_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECanepa2009181-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Academy_of_Gondishapur">Academy of Gondishapur</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Academy of Gondishapur"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ArtworkofAnushirvanAndBorzuya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/ArtworkofAnushirvanAndBorzuya.jpg/170px-ArtworkofAnushirvanAndBorzuya.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/ArtworkofAnushirvanAndBorzuya.jpg/255px-ArtworkofAnushirvanAndBorzuya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/ArtworkofAnushirvanAndBorzuya.jpg/340px-ArtworkofAnushirvanAndBorzuya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="1328" /></a><figcaption>Khosrow I and <a href="/wiki/Borzuya" title="Borzuya">Borzuya</a>, the translator of the Indian <i><a href="/wiki/Panchatantra" title="Panchatantra">Panchatantra</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>Khosrow I is known to have greatly expanded the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Gondishapur" title="Academy of Gondishapur">Academy of Gondishapur</a>, located in the city of <a href="/wiki/Gundeshapur" title="Gundeshapur">Gundeshapur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor_2010_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor_2010-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As to the development of non-religious knowledge and research in Iran and apart from historical evidence given on such traditions in the preceding Iranian Empires, there are reports on systematic activities initiated by the Sasanian court as early as in the first decades of Sasanian rule. The <a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian" title="Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a> encyclopaedia <a href="/wiki/Denkard" title="Denkard">Denkard</a> states that during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Shapur_I" title="Shapur I">Shapur I</a> writings of this kind were collected and added to the <a href="/wiki/Avesta" title="Avesta">Avesta</a>. And an atmosphere of vivid reflection and discussion at the early Sasanian court in the third century AD is reflected in such accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201483_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201483-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The foundation of the Academy of Gondishapur introduced the studies of philosophy, medicine, physics, poetry, rhetoric, and astronomy into the Sasanian court.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor_2010_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor_2010-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to some historical accounts, this famous learning center was built in order to provide a place for incoming Greek refugees to study and share their knowledge.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007241_100-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007241-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gundeshapur became the focal point of the combination of Greek and Indian sciences along with Iranian and <a href="/wiki/Classical_Syriac" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical Syriac">Syriac</a> traditions. The cosmopolitan which was introduced by the institution of Gondishapur became a catalyst for modern studies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anoushiravan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Anoushiravan.jpg/170px-Anoushiravan.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Anoushiravan.jpg/255px-Anoushiravan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Anoushiravan.jpg/340px-Anoushiravan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1916" /></a><figcaption>Anushiruwan the Just statue in <a href="/wiki/Tehran_courthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehran courthouse">Tehran courthouse</a>, commissioned during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Ferdowsi,_Tus,_Mashhad,_Iran_(101)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Tomb_of_Ferdowsi%2C_Tus%2C_Mashhad%2C_Iran_%28101%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Tomb_of_Ferdowsi%2C_Tus%2C_Mashhad%2C_Iran_%28101%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Tomb_of_Ferdowsi%2C_Tus%2C_Mashhad%2C_Iran_%28101%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Tomb_of_Ferdowsi%2C_Tus%2C_Mashhad%2C_Iran_%28101%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Tomb_of_Ferdowsi%2C_Tus%2C_Mashhad%2C_Iran_%28101%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Tomb_of_Ferdowsi%2C_Tus%2C_Mashhad%2C_Iran_%28101%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="1744" /></a><figcaption>Anushiruwan the Just statue in <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Ferdowsi" title="Tomb of Ferdowsi">Tomb of Ferdowsi</a> at <a href="/wiki/Mashhad" title="Mashhad">Mashhad</a>, commissioned during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty.</figcaption></figure> <p>Although Khosrow's achievements were highly successful and helped centralize the empire, they did not last long after his death. The local officials and great noble families resented the fact that their power had been stripped away from them and began to quickly regain power after his death.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khosrow's reign had a major impact on <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islamic</a> culture and political life. Many of his policies and reforms were brought into the Islamic nation in their transformation from a decentralized confederation into a centralized empire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are a considerable number of Islamic works that were inspired by the reign of Khosrow I, for example the <i>Kitab al-Taj</i> of <a href="/wiki/Al-Jahiz" title="Al-Jahiz">Jahiz</a>. The high number of Islamic texts referring to Khosrow's reign can make it hard to distinguish fact from fallacy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his reign the Silk Road between ancient China, India and the western world was promoted and possibly even created.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007241_100-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007241-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richard Frye argues that Khosrow's rationale behind his numerous wars with the Byzantine empire as well as the eastern Hephthalites was to establish the Sasanian dominance on this trade route.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_tree">Family tree</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Family tree"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;"> <tbody><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Kavad_I" title="Kavad I">Kavad I</a><br />(<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 488–496, 498–531</span>)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" 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colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Kawus" title="Kawus">Kawus</a><br /></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Zamasp<br /></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Xerxes_(Sasanian_prince)" title="Xerxes (Sasanian prince)">Xerxes</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><b>Khosrow I</b><br />(<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 531–579</span>)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td 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colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Anushzad" class="mw-redirect" title="Anushzad">Anushzad</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Hormizd_IV" title="Hormizd IV">Hormizd IV</a><br />(<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 579–590</span>)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Yazdandad</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Also styled "King of Kings of Iranians and non-Iranians".</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khosrow_I&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSkjærvø2000">Skjærvø 2000</a>; <a href="#CITEREFNicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018">Nicholson, Canepa & Daryaee 2018</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018">Nicholson, Canepa & Daryaee 2018</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee2014xvii-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee2014xvii_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDaryaee2014">Daryaee 2014</a>, p. xvii.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGariboldiRubinSchindel2020-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGariboldiRubinSchindel2020_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGariboldiRubinSchindel2020_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGariboldiRubinSchindel2020_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGariboldiRubinSchindel2020">Gariboldi, Rubin & Schindel 2020</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKia201683-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKia201683_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKia2016">Kia 2016</a>, p. 83.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008256-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008256_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, p. 256.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDąbrowa2012">Dąbrowa 2012</a>, p. 197; <a href="#CITEREFNicholsonCanepaDaryaee2018">Nicholson, Canepa & Daryaee 2018</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHillenbrand1986385–387-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHillenbrand1986385–387_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHillenbrand1986385–387_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHillenbrand1986">Hillenbrand 1986</a>, pp. 385–387.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECrone199135_(note_25)-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrone199135_(note_25)_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCrone1991">Crone 1991</a>, p. 35 (note 25).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKhaleghi-Motlagh1988489-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKhaleghi-Motlagh1988489_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKhaleghi-Motlagh1988">Khaleghi-Motlagh 1988</a>, p. 489.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchindel2013a136–141_12-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSchindel2013a">Schindel 2013a</a>, pp. 136–141.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMartindale1992">Martindale 1992</a>, pp. 381–382; <a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, pp. 110–111</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008118-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008118_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, p. 118.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, pp. 106–108; <a href="#CITEREFShahbazi1989">Shahbazi 1989</a>, pp. 180–182</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETafazzoli1997179-180_16-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTafazzoli1997">Tafazzoli 1997</a>, p. 179-180.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PRO11-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PRO11_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PRO11_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Procopius, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16764/16764-h/16764-h.htm">11</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESundermann1986662-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESundermann1986662_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSundermann1986">Sundermann 1986</a>, p. 662.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200281–82-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200281–82_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGreatrexLieu2002">Greatrex & Lieu 2002</a>, pp. 81–82.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201426-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201426_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201426_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDaryaee2014">Daryaee 2014</a>, p. 26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1983150-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1983150_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1983150_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFrye1983">Frye 1983</a>, p. 150.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201426–27-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201426–27_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDaryaee2014">Daryaee 2014</a>, pp. 26–27.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaeeCanepa2018-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaeeCanepa2018_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaeeCanepa2018_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaeeCanepa2018_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDaryaeeCanepa2018">Daryaee & Canepa 2018</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200859–60-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200859–60_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAxworthy2008">Axworthy 2008</a>, pp. 59–60.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860_25-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200860_25-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAxworthy2008">Axworthy 2008</a>, p. 60.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200861-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxworthy200861_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAxworthy2008">Axworthy 2008</a>, p. 61.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaumontSchippmann1988574–580-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaumontSchippmann1988574–580_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChaumontSchippmann1988">Chaumont & Schippmann 1988</a>, pp. 574–580.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGreatrexLieu2002">Greatrex & Lieu 2002</a>, p. 96.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaas2005488-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaas2005488_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMaas2005">Maas 2005</a>, p. 488.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296–97-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296–97_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreatrexLieu200296–97_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGreatrexLieu2002">Greatrex & Lieu 2002</a>, pp. 96–97.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDaryaee2014">Daryaee 2014</a>, p. 28; <a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, pp. 288–289</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008288–289-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008288–289_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008288–289_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, pp. 288–289.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008289-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008289_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008289_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008289_33-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, p. 289.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008111-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008111_34-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008111_34-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, p. 111.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMartindale1992">Martindale 1992</a>, pp. 16, 276; <a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, pp. 268–269; <a href="#CITEREFGreatrexLieu2002">Greatrex & Lieu 2002</a>, p. 112.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429_36-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429_36-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429_36-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDaryaee201429_36-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDaryaee2014">Daryaee 2014</a>, p. 29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDignasWinter200728-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDignasWinter200728_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDignasWinter2007">Dignas & Winter 2007</a>, p. 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrye1984-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-21"><sup><i><b>v</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-22"><sup><i><b>w</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-23"><sup><i><b>x</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-24"><sup><i><b>y</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-25"><sup><i><b>z</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-26"><sup><i><b>aa</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-27"><sup><i><b>ab</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrye1984_38-28"><sup><i><b>ac</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFrye1984">Frye 1984</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECurtisStewart2008126-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurtisStewart2008126_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCurtisStewart2008">Curtis & Stewart 2008</a>, p. 126.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008500-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008500_40-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPourshariati2008">Pourshariati 2008</a>, p. 500.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007230–230-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007230–230_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFarrokh2007">Farrokh 2007</a>, pp. 230–230.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007229-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrokh2007229_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a 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font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFD700; text-align:center;"><div>Khosrow I </div><div><b><a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian dynasty</a></b></div><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"><b>Born:</b> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 514</span></span><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"> <b>Died:</b> February 579</span> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Kavad_I" title="Kavad I">Kavad I</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/King_of_Kings_of_Iran_and_non-Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Kings of Iran and non-Iran">King of Kings of Iran and non-Iran</a> </b><br />531–579 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: 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<small>(240–270)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hormizd_I" title="Hormizd I">Hormizd I</a> <small>(270–271)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bahram_I" title="Bahram I">Bahram I</a> <small>(271–274)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bahram_II" title="Bahram II">Bahram II</a> <small>(274–293)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bahram_III" title="Bahram III">Bahram III</a> <small>(293)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Narseh" title="Narseh">Narseh</a> <small>(293–303)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hormizd_II" title="Hormizd II">Hormizd II</a> <small>(303–309)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adur_Narseh" title="Adur Narseh">Adur Narseh</a> <small>(309)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shapur_II" title="Shapur II">Shapur II</a> <small>(309–379)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ardashir_II" title="Ardashir II">Ardashir II</a> <small>(379–383)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shapur_III" title="Shapur III">Shapur III</a> <small>(383–388)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bahram_IV" title="Bahram IV">Bahram IV</a> <small>(388–399)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yazdegerd_I" title="Yazdegerd I">Yazdegerd I</a> <small>(399–420)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shapur_IV" title="Shapur IV">Shapur IV</a> <small>(420)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Khosrow_(son_of_Bahram_IV)" title="Khosrow (son of Bahram IV)">Khosrow</a> <small>(420)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bahram_V" title="Bahram V">Bahram V</a> <small>(420–438)</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yazdegerd_II" title="Yazdegerd II">Yazdegerd II</a> <small>(438–457)</small></span></li> 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