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Anōshazād ( Middle Persian ), known in the Shahnameh as Nōshzād ( Persian: نوشزاد ), was a Sasanian prince who was the leader of a revolt in southwestern province of Khuzistan in the 540s. He was the oldest son of king Khosrow I (r. 531-579), while his mother was a Christian and the daughter of the judge ( dadwar) of Ray . Etymology.
ANŌŠAZĀD (in the Šāh-nāma, Nōšzād; the name means “son of the immortal”), a son of Ḵosrow I Anōšīravān and leader of a revolt in ca. 550 A.D. Information about him comes mainly from Dīnavarī (ed. ʿA.-M. ʿĀmer, Cairo, 1960, pp. 69-71), Ferdowsī’s Šāh-nāma (Moscow, VIII, p. 95, v. 730f.), and a short account by the ...
Anoshazad, known in the Shahnameh as Noshzad (meaning "son of the immortal"), was a Sasanian prince who was the leader of a revolt in southern Iran in ca. 550. He was the oldest son of king Khosrow I (r. 531-579), while his mother was a Christian and the daughter of the judge (dadwar) of Ray.
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What if Sassanid Persia converted to Christianity? In the mid-6th century, the Sassanid prince Anoshazad launched a rebellion against his father, Shah Khosrau I . This would not have been especially notable - princes rebelling against kings and emperors happened quite a few times throughout history - were it not for the detail that Anoshazad's ...
Aug 6, 2012 · In 551 Anoshazad, son of Chosrau I and a Christian woman, who had been exiled to Beit Lapat, raised a revolt and marched on Seleucia. He was able to rely on Christian support in the region. The king’s first reaction was to execute Mar Aba.
Khosrow I (also spelled Khosrau, Khusro or Chosroes; Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩; New Persian: خسرو [ xosˈroʊ̯ ]), traditionally known by his epithet of Anushirvan ( انوشيروان [ ænuːʃi:rˈvɔːn] "the Immortal Soul"), was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 531 to 579. He was the son and successor of Kavad I ( r. 488–496, 498/9–531 ).
Mar 16, 2016 · It has been suggested that parts of Ferdowsi's account of Anoshazad derive from Christian sources such as a Syriac martyrology. See Bonner, M. R. J., Three Neglected Sources of Sasanian History in the Reign of Khusraw Anushirvan, Studia Iranica Cahier 46 (Paris, 2011), pp. 65 – 68 Google Scholar.
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