Khosrau the Usurper
| Khosrau the Usurper 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 | |
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| "King of kings of Iran and Aniran" | |
| Reign | 420 |
| Predecessor | Shapur IV |
| Successor | Bahram V |
| Born | Persia |
| House | House of Sasan |
| Father | Bahram IV |
| Religion | Zoroastrianism |
Khosrau (Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩), better known as Khosrau the Usurper, was a Sasanian pretender in 420.
Biography
Khosrau was the son of Bahram IV, who was the thirteenth Sasanian king. He was proclaimed king by a group of nobles after the murder of his cousin Shapur IV. Bahram V, another cousin of Khosrau, opposed the decision of the nobles, and asked the king of Al-Hirah for military assistance and received it. He then marched towards Ctesiphon and promised that he would not reign like his father Yazdegerd I did.[1] According to the Shahnameh, Bahram V suggested that the royal crown and garb should be placed between two lions, and the person that retrieved them by killing the beasts should be acknowledged as the king of Persia, Bahram V managed to win and became king of Persia. Nothing is known about the fate of Khosrau.
References
Sources
- Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
| Khosrau the Usurper | ||
| Preceded by Shapur IV |
Great King (Shah) of Persia 420 |
Succeeded by Bahram V |
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