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    Khosrow I (also spelled Khosrau, Khusro or Chosroes; Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩; New Persian: خسرو [xosˈroʊ̯]), traditionally known by his epithet...
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    Khosrow II (spelled Chosroes II in classical sources; Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩, romanized: Husrō and Khosrau), commonly known as Khosrow Parviz (New...
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    reforms whose implementation was completed by his son and successor, Khosrow I. They were made possible by Kavad's use of the Mazdakite preacher Mazdak...
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  • may refer to: Khosrow (word), a given name also used as a title Khosrow I, Sasanian ruler 531–579 Khosrow II, Sasanian ruler 590–628 Khosrow III, Sasanian...
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    "Kaykhusraw" is based on the name of the legendary Shahnameh hero Kay Khosrow. Kaykhusraw's date of birth is unknown. He was the eleventh and youngest...
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    Taq Kasra (redirect from Eyvan of Khosrow)
    construction possibly began during the reign of Anushiruwan the Just (Khosrow I) after a campaign against the Byzantines in 540 AD. The arched iwan hall...
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    functioned as the generalissimo of the Sasanian army. From the time of Khosrow I (r. 531–579) on, the office was split in four, with a spāhbed for each...
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    Emperor Justinian I (527–565) paid Khosrow I 440,000 pieces of gold as a part of the "eternal peace" treaty of 532. In 540, Khosrow broke the treaty and...
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    King of Kings of Iran from 579 to 590. He was the son and successor of Khosrow I (r. 531–579) and his mother was a Khazar princess. During his reign, Hormizd...
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  • Antīōk Khosrow (Middle Persian: wyḥ ʾntywk ḥwslwd; literally, "better than Antioch, Khosrow built this"), also called Beh-az-Andīw-e Khosrow (New Persian:...
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    Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 (category Wars of Khosrow I)
    retreat. Taking advantage of Byzantine confusion, Sassanid forces under Khosrow I (r. 531–579) swiftly counter-attacked and encircled Dara, capturing the...
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    time of Kavadh I and Khosrow I. The cities which are believed to had been constructed by Ardashir are: According to Al-Tabari, Ardashir I founded eight...
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    after 520) by the Sasanians, during the reign of Kavad I (r. 488–496, 498/9–531) or Khosrow I (r. 531–579), which comprised the eastern and northeastern...
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    engaged the Sasanian Empire in the east during Kavad I's reign, and later again during Khosrow I's reign; this second conflict was partially initiated...
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    Khosrow III (also spelled Khosrau, Khusro or Xosrow; Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩; New Persian: خسرو) was a Sasanian rival claimant who briefly ruled...
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    Lazic War (category Wars of Khosrow I)
    king Khosrow I, who entered Lazica, captured the Byzantine main stronghold of Petra, and established another protectorate over the country. Khosrow I retreats...
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    Bahram Chobin (category Generals of Khosrow I)
    had fought the Byzantines and campaigned in Yemen during the reign of Khosrow I (r. 531–579). His grandfather Gurgin Milad had served as the marzban (general...
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    Bozorgmehr (category Khosrow I)
    framadār) of the Sasanian king (shah) Kavad I (r. 498–531), and the latter's son and successor Khosrow I (r. 531–579). He also served as the military...
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  • king in Chaganiyan, Khosrow I crossed the Oxus and put the Principalities of Chaghaniyan and Khuttal under tribute. When Khosrow I died in 579, the Hephthalites...
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  • Khosrow /xʊsˈroʊ/ is a male given name of Iranian origin, most notably held by Khosrow I of Sassanid Persia, but also by other people in various locations...
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    between Khosrow I and Justinian I, which he writes in his De bello Persico (Latin tr., 1833), dies. c. 570 - Conquest of Yemen. 579 - Death of Khosrow I and...
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    Iberian War (category Wars of Khosrow I)
    Kavadh I (r. 488–531) proposed that Emperor Justin I adopt his son, Khosrow I; the priority of the Persian king was to secure the succession of Khosrow, whose...
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    Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler...
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  • an invasion of the Byzantine Empire ruled by Justinian I by the Sasanian Empire under Khosrow I in the midst of the ongoing Lazic War in the north. The...
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    Ma'adi Yakrib sought help from Khosrow I of the Sasanian Persian Empire. In response to Maʽd-Karib's request, Khosrow I sent the Sasanian military general...
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    Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c. 1294 or 1290...
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    introduced to Persia by 'Dewasarm, a great ruler of India' during the reign of Khosrow I: Dewasarm has fashioned this chatrang after the likeness of a battle,...
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    Kāvus (Uzava), Kay Khosrow, Kay Lohrasp, and Vishtaspa. Towards the end of the Sassanid period, Khosrow I (named after the Kay Khosrow of legend) ordered...
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    Church of the East.[citation needed] After the conquest of Antioch in 541, Khosrow I built a new city near Ctesiphon for the inhabitants he captured. He called...
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    decided to ally with the Sassanid Persian Emperor Khosrow I, triggering the Aksumite–Persian wars. Khosrow I sent a small fleet and army under commander Vahrez...
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