Khurrazad

Khurrazad (Persian: خرزاد Xwarrah-Zād) was an eminent Sassanian commander during the Arab invasion of Iran. Khurrazad was brother of the powerful Spahbod Rostam Farrokhzād, who fought and died at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah.^[1] Khurrazad is most famous for being present at the Battle of Jalula. There he led a major Persian force against the Muslims, resulting in a major disaster with perhaps a hundred thousands Persian casualties.^[2][3] Khurrazad was killed by the Arabs along with 4,000 of his troops.

Life of Khurrazad

Although very little is written of Khurrazad, we do know that he was born to a powerful family from Armenia. His father, Farrukh-Hormuzd, served the Sassaanian rulers in high office. Khurrazad was also in high office temporarily; he was the darik-pat (chamberlain) of the Sassanian empire.

See also

• Islamic conquest of Iran
• Muslim conquests
• Sassanid Empire

Sources

1. ^ Touraj Daryaee, Sassanian Iran: Portrait of a Late Antique Empire, p. 97.
2. ^ Michael G. Morony, Iraq After the Muslim Conquest (Gorgias Press, 2006: ISBN 978-1593333157), pp. 193-194.
3. ^ Tony Jacques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (Greenwood Press, 2007: ISBN 978-0313335389), p. 484.

• Ahmad Hasan Dani, B. A. Litvinsky, Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson, History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Crossroads of Civilizations, p. 228.