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1 day ago · Khosrow I built infrastructure, embellishing his capital and founding new towns with the construction of new buildings. He rebuilt the canals and restocked the farms destroyed in the wars. He built strong fortifications at the passes and placed subject tribes in carefully chosen towns on the frontiers to act as guardians against invaders.
5 days ago · Furthermore, chess was considered an essential part of a noble's education. A manuscript from the 11th century, known as Khusraw ud Redag (Khosrow and the Page), states that chess is one of the cultural disciplines that a noble should learn. This text mentions chess alongside other games, indicating its importance in Persian court culture.
2 days ago · Khosrow declared war, ostensibly to avenge the death of the deposed emperor Maurice. This became a decades-long conflict, the longest war in the series, and was fought throughout the Middle East: in Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Caucasus, Anatolia, Armenia, the Aegean Sea and before the walls of Constantinople itself.
5 days ago · Henning Börm: “Kavad I, Khosrow I, and the Wars with the Roman Empire” Khodadad Rezakhani : “The First Great War of the Middle Ages: the Sasanian Conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean (602–630 CE) as a Background to the Islamic Futūḥāt “
4 days ago · In my earlier study (again, Davidson, 2019a, 2019b), following the still earlier study of this text by Jamzadeh , I argued that the “letter” of Key Khosrow, as reportedly dictated by the prince to a scribe, is a text that mirrors oral traditions that may have been embedded in the texts of Achaemenid inscriptions. In his “letter”, the crown prince is quoting himself as an exponent of his own sovereignty as the destined ruler of the Iranian Empire.
5 days ago · Peace reigned again within the borders of Iran, and the sword slept in its scabbard, and Kai Khosrow ordered the world with wisdom. And men rejoiced that the glory of Turan had been brought low, and the Shah feasted his nobles in lightness of heart.
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1 day ago · Khosrow I was generally regarded as tolerant of Christians and interested in the philosophical and theological disputes during his reign. Sebeos claimed he had converted to Christianity on his deathbed. John of Ephesus describes an Armenian revolt where he claims that Khusrow had attempted to impose Zoroastrianism in Armenia. The account ...
