Bozorgmehr-e Bokhtagan (in Pahlavi: Wuzurgmihr ī Bōkhtagān) is the name of a vizier of Khusro I Anōšīravān (dadgar) (reign 531–578) attested in the literature and legend of Iran. According to Persian and Arabic sources, he was a man of "exceptional wisdom and sage counsels" and later became a characterisation of the expression. His name has appeared in some of the important work in Persian literature, most notably in the Shahnameh.[1]
The historian Arthur Christensen has suggested that Bozorgmehr was the same person as Borzūya the physician, but historigraphical studies of post-Sassanid Persian literature, as well as linguistic analysis show otherwise.[1] However, the word "Borzūya" can sometimes be considered a shortened form of Bozorgmehr.[2]
An early reference to Bozorgmehr is found in the 'Aydāgār ī Wuzurgmihr', in which he is called an argbed—a high-ranking title in the Sassanid and Parthian periods. Later mention of him is made in the Shahnameh, and also very briefly in Ṯaʿālebī’s Ḡorar and Masʿūdī’s Morūj.[1]