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	Khosrau II - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Khosrau II, also spelled Khosrow II, called Parvez (“the victorious”) (died 628), Persian king (590-628) of the Sassanid dynasty, the grandson of...
		Khosrau II or Khosrow II (Chosroes II in classical sources, sometimes called Parvez, "the ever Victorious" – in Persian : خسرو پرویز) was the twenty-second Sassanid...
		His rule preceded by his father's and succeeded by Khosrau II 's (590–628) who's reign altogether is considered the dark age in the history of the Sassanid empire.
	encarta.msn.com /Khosrau_II.html (210 words)

	Khosrau II of Persia
		Khosrau II, "the Victorious" (Parvez), king of Persia, son of Hormizd IV, grandson of Khosrau I, 590-628.
		But at the same time the general Bahram Chobin[?] had proclaimed himself king, and Khosrau II was not able to maintain himself.
		Khosrau II was much inferior to his grandfather.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/kh/Khosrau_II_of_Persia.html (438 words)

	Sassanid Empire Encyclopedia Article @ Populace.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Khosrau I sent a fleet and a small army under a commander called Vahriz to the area near present Aden, and they marched against the capital San'a'l, which was occupied.
		During the reign of Khosrau II (590–628), the revolt of general Bahram Chobin (rival King Bahram VI) briefly threw the empire into crisis, but the crisis was short lived, and Khosrau II soon reestablished firm control over the empire.
		Queen Purandokht, daughter of Khosrau II, the last woman and one of the last rulers on the throne of the Sassanid dynasty, 630.
	www.populace.org /encyclopedia/Sassanid_Empire (8579 words)

	Khosrau II - MSN Encarta
		Khosrau II, also spelled Khosrow II, called Parvez (“the victorious”) (died 628), Persian king (590-628) of the Sassanid dynasty, the grandson of Khosrau I. He was assisted in gaining the throne by the Byzantine emperor Mauricius and, in gratitude, restored to the Byzantine Empire many of the territories conquered by his grandfather.
		Intrigues and insurrections against Khosrau began to arise in Persia, and the Byzantine emperor Heraclius took advantage of this domestic weakness to defeat the Persian monarch in a campaign from 623 to 628.
		After this defeat, Khosrau was deposed and murdered by his son, later Kavadh II (reigned 628).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761575800/Khosrau_II.html (177 words)

	Khosrau II of Persia - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		Khosrau II, "the Victorious" (''Parvez''), king of Persia, son of Hormizd IV, grandson of Khosrau I, 590 - 628.
		Khosrau II was much inferior to his grandfather.
		Khosrau fled from his favourite residence, Dastagei (near Bagdad), without offering resistance; and as his despotism and indolence had roused opposition everywhere, his eldest son Kavadh II, whom Khosrau had imprisoned, was set free by some of the leading men and proclaimed king.
	www.indexsuche.com /Khosrau_II_of_Persia.html (480 words)

	Informat.io on Khosrau I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During the negotiations with the Emperor Tiberius II (578–582), Khosrau I died in 579, and was succeeded by his son Hormizd IV (579–590).
		Although Khosrau I had in the last years of his father extirpated the heretical and communistic Persian sect of the Mazdakites (see Kavadh I of Persia), he was a sincere adherent of Zoroastrian orthodoxy and even ordered that the religion's holy text, the Avesta be codified, but he was not fanatical or prone to persecution.
		Khosrau I introduced a rational system of taxation, based upon a survey of landed possessions, which his father had begun, and tried in every way to increase the welfare and the revenues of his empire.
	www.informat.io /?title=khosrau-i (889 words)

	Khosrau II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Egyptian woven pattern woolen curtain or trousers, which was a copy of a Sassanid silk import, which was in turn based on a fresco of Persian King Khosrau II fighting Ethiopian forces in Yemen, 5-6th century.
		Khosrau II was raised to the throne by the magnates who had rebelled against Hormizd IV, who soon after had his father blinded and killed.
		However, Khosrau II is said to have torn Mohammed's letter preaching Islam to him, and insulting the messenger and the teachings of Islam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khosrau_II_of_Persia (676 words)

	KHOSRAU II,
		628), Persian king of the Sassanid dynasty (590–628), the grandson of Khosrau I. He was assisted in gaining the throne by the Byzantine emperor Mauricius (c.
		After this defeat, Khosrau was deposed and murdered by his son, later Kavadh II (r.
		On October 5, 1995, Pope John Paul II addressed the United Nations General Assembly on the occasion of the U.N.'s fiftieth anniversary.
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	Sassanid Empire - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Khosrau I developed a new force of dehkans or "knights" paid and equipped by the central governmentRichard Frye "The History of Ancient Iran" and the bureaucracy, tying the army and bureaucracy more closely to the central government than to local lords.
		Khosrau I's reign witnessed the rise of the dihqans (literally, village lords), the petty landholding nobility who were the backbone of later Sassanid provincial administration and the tax collection system. Khosrau I was a great builder, embellishing his capital, founding new towns, and constructing new buildings.
		To Khosrau's bad fortune, Shahin, the other great spahbod of Sassanid army who had conqured Caucasus and Anatolia passed away unexpectedly, further tipping the balance in favor of the Byzantines and drove Khosrau into state of melancholia.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Sassanids (9941 words)

	Khosrau II - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Khosrau II, also spelled Khosrow II, called Parvez (“the victorious”) (died 628), Persian king (590-628) of the Sassanid dynasty, the grandson of...
		In 573 Justin invaded Persia in response to the persecution of Christians in Persia and in support of an alliance with the Turks.
		He became king at the age of seven during a time of trouble after Khosrau II was murdered....
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	Kavadh II of Persia - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		Kavadh II of Persia - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		(Siroes), king of Persia, son of Khosrau II, was raised to the throne in opposition to his father in February 628, after the great victories of the emperor Heraclius.
		He put his father and eighteen brothers to death, began negotiations with Heraclius, but died after a reign of a few months.
	www.indexsuche.com /Kavadh_II_of_Persia.html (102 words)

	Khosrau II - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Khosrau II - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Khosrau II, called Parvez (“the victorious”) (died 628), Persian king of the Sasanian dynasty (590, 591-628), the grandson of Khosrau I. He was...
		Sasanian Persia experienced a final resurgence in the 7th century under two great kings, Khosrau I and Khosrau II.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Khosrau_II.html (107 words)

	National Museum Of Damascus ( Syria ) - Hall Of Arabic Coinage
		To the Arabs, the word Khosrau is identified with Caesar of the Romans and both words mean the great King.
		There are two kings in Persia of this name : Khosrau I (531 - 579 A.D.) and Khosrau II (590 - 628 A.D.) Later on, during the period of decadence, there were three kings of the same name, but they were not famous.
		The Sassanid coins, since the reign of Khosrau, bear on the obverse a portrait of Khosrau turning his head towards his left shoulder.
	www.geocities.com /encyclopedia_damascena/arabicislamic/coinage.htm (2118 words)

	Informat.io on Sassanids
		The Sassanid dynasty was founded by Ardashir I after defeating the last Arsacid king, Artabanus IV and ended when the last Sassanid Shahanshah (King of Kings), Yazdegerd III (632–651), lost a 14-year struggle to drive out the early Caliphate, the first of the Islamic empires.
		The empire's territory encompassed all of today's Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Afghanistan, eastern parts of Turkey (during Khosrau II's rule in 590–628), Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, eastern parts of Syria, northwest Indian subcontinent, Caucasia, Central Asia and Arabia.
		During his time the best pieces of Sassanian literature were written, notable pieces of Sassanid music were composed, and sports such as polo became royal pastimesandmdash, a tradition that continues to this day in many kingdoms.
	www.informat.io /?title=Sassanids (8512 words)

	Khosrau the Victorious - Alternate History Discussion Board
		Khosrau II was the Shah of the Sassanian Persian Empire from 590 AD until his death in 628.
		The death of Khosrau II led to a long chain of horrible rulers, pretenders, and child kings that eventually caused the downfall of Persia at the hands of the Ummayad Caliphate.
		Khosrau has started to isolate his family members, and if it continues, or the Byzantines start to get the upper hand again, he might well be out in favor of Kavak.
	www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/showthread.php?t=9059 (543 words)

	Persia Defeats The Arabs (scenario) - Alternate History Discussion Board
		Khosrau II is persuaded to make peace with Heraclius, the Byzantine Emperor, before serious harm befalls Persia.
		The Persian Shah, Khosrau II, is persauded to put forth peace terms to Heraclius, before he can reinforce his army with more soldiers, break through the Persian garrison, and attack the Persian capital of Ctesiphon.
		Khosrau, whose health begins to fail early in the year, decides not to press the conflict further.
	www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/showthread.php?p=62016 (3127 words)

	Khosrau - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Khosrau, Khusrau, Khosru and also Khusraw (Kasrâ in Arabic; Osroes or Chosroes in Greek) was the name of a mythical Persian leader, in the Avesta of the Zoroastrians known as Kavi Haosravah, with the meaning 'with good reputation'.
		Khosrau II of Persia 590-628 ("the Victorious", Parvez; grandson of Khosrau I).
		Ghiyas ad-Din Kay Khusrau II 1237-1246 and 1257-1259
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Osroes (145 words)

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		In the war which now followed between Bahram Chobin and...
		II (Kasrâ in persian) fleetingly achieved this goal in a series of...itself.
		II, was raised to the throne in opposition to his father in February...his favourite son
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	Persian Empire By Pejman Azadi - The Sasaanid (Sasaanian) Empire By Pejman Azadi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		King Shapur II Following Hormizd II's death, Arabs from the south started to ravage and plunder the southern cities of the empire, even attacking the province of Fars, the birthplace of the Sassanid kings.
		, daughter of Khosrau II, the last woman and one of the last rulers on the throne of the Sassanid dynasty, 630.
		Khosrau II 's campaign had overextended the Persian army and overtaxed the people.
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	Sassanid Empire - Wikipedia Light! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Image:Sassanian king.jpg Hormizd III (457–459), younger son of Yazdegerd II, ascended to the throne.
		Although successful, Khosrau II's campaign had overextended the Persian army and overtaxed the people.
		In the spring of 632, a grandson of Khosrau I, Yazdegerd III, ascended the throne.
	www.godseye.com /wiki/index.php/Sassanid_empire (9270 words)

	Persia - IBWiki
		The beginnings of the seventh century saw the Byzantine and Persian Empires at war, a war which was began by Shāhānshāh Khosrau II in response to the Byzantine Emperor Maurice's assassination by Phocas.
		Khosrau X is said to have spent eight years straight in his harem; Shah Bistam III drank without end.
		He had effective control under Shah Tahmasp II and then ruled as regent of the infant Ardashir VI until 1736 when he had himself crowned shah.
	ib.frath.net /w/Persia (3988 words)

	Hormizd IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hormizd IV, son of Khosrau I, reigned as King of Persia from 579 to 590.
		From his father he had inherited a war against the Byzantine Empire and against the Turks in the east, and negotiations of peace had just begun with the Emperor Tiberius II, but Hormizd IV haughtily declined to cede anything of the conquests of his father.
		The magnates deposed and blinded Hormizd IV and proclaimed his son Khosrau II King.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hormizd_IV (386 words)

	Sassanid Empire
		Sasanian settlements in Oman and Yemen testify to the importance of trade with India, but the silk trade with China was mainly in the hands of Sassanid vassals and the Iranian people, the Sogdians.
		He even offered the Jews in the Sassanid empire a fine white Nisaean horse, just in case that the Messiah, who was thought to ride a donkey or a mule, would come
		Moreover, in the eastern portion of the empire, various Buddhist places of worship, notably in Bamiyan were active as Buddhism gradually became more popular in that region.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Sassanid (10086 words)

	590 - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		Maurice agrees to Khosrau's entreaties, and agrees to restart the war with Persia.
		February 15 - Khosrau II crowned as king of Persia
		Summer - Maurice agrees to Khosrau's entreaties, and agrees to restart the war with Persia.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=590 (176 words)

	History (brief)
		After destruction of the "White Huns" in the 5th century, Sassanid Persia revived under Khosrau I and Khosrau II.
		British and Soviet troops invaded Iran during World War II to protect their oil supplies.
		A crisis in British-Iranian relations followed the seizing of the assets of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
	www.hekmat.net /iran/history2.htm (339 words)

	Financial Library - Sassanid Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		Global Politician - Saddam Hussein announced that he was fighting the battle of Qaddasiya, the 7th century battle in which the Arab Muslims defeated the Sassanid Empire of Persia, against the Islamic republic of Iran, an irony lost on most Western observers with scant...
		Falak-ol-aflak,a castle built by the Sassanids, is almost 1800 years old.
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