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Piruz Khosrow (Middle Persian: Pērōz Khusraw), also known as Piruzan or Firuzan, was a powerful Persian aristocrat who was the leader of the Parsig (Persian) faction that controlled much of the affairs of the Sasanian Empire during the Sasanian civil war of 628-632. He was killed at the Battle of Nahāvand in 642.

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Piruz Khosrow

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Piruz Khosrow (Middle Persian: Pērōz Khusraw), also known as Piruzan or Firuzan, was a powerful Persian aristocrat who was the leader of the Parsig (Persian)...

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Rostam Farrokhzad

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and a sister of Khosrow II, was made ruler of Iran. When he was not recognized by the Parsig faction of the powerful general Piruz Khosrow, he was deposed...

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Farrukhzad

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ordered his vizier (wuzurg framadar) Piruz Khosrow to execute all his brothers and half-brothers, including Khosrow II's favorite son and heir Mardanshah...

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Boran

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strangled by Piruz Khosrow. Hostilities were thus resumed between the two factions. Not long afterwards, both Rostam and Piruz Khosrow were threatened...

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Feroz

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Sasanian king of Iran Fayruz al-Daylami (fl. 631), companion of Muhammad Piruz Khosrow (died 642), Persian aristocrat who murdered the Sasanian queen of Iran...

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Yazdegerd III

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seemingly by the Parsig leader Piruz Khosrow. The most powerful magnates in the empire, Rostam Farrokhzad and Piruz Khosrow, now threatened by their own...

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Ctesiphon

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under the House of Ispahbudhan and the Parsig (Persian) faction under Piruz Khosrow. In the mid-630s, the Muslim Arabs, who had invaded the territories...

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Azarmidokht

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cousin Shapur-i Shahrvaraz was deposed by the Parsig faction, led by Piruz Khosrow, who helped Azarmidokht ascend the throne. Her rule was marked by an...

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Shahrbaraz

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name of Kavadh II. With the aid of Piruz Khosrow, he executed all his brothers and half-brothers, including Khosrow II's favorite son Mardanshah. Three...

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Battle of Nahavand

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ibn Muqarrin † Tulayha † Amru bin Ma'adi Yakrib † Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Piruz Khosrow † Mardanshah † Strength 30,000 50,000-100,000 Casualties and losses...

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Wuzurg framadar

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Narseh's direct successor Bozorgmehr under Kavad I and Khosrow I Izadgushasp under Khosrow I Piruz Khosrow under Kavadh II and Ardashir III Mah-Adhur Gushnasp...

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Hormuzan

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counter-attack, raising an army which included the Parsig faction under Piruz Khosrow, Bahman Jadhuyih and Hormuzan; the Pahlav (Parthian) faction under Rostam...

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Muslim conquest of Persia

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Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628. Following the execution of Sasanian shah Khosrow II in 628, Persia's internal political stability began deteriorating at...

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List of monarchs of Persia

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Shahrvaraz Restored to the Sasanian throne, and later strangled to death by Piruz Khosrow Shahanshah Shapur-i Shahrvaraz – ? Son of Shahrbaraz and an unknown...

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Feroze

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king of Iran from the house of Sassanids who ruled Oct. to Dec. 631 AD Piruz Khosrow, Persian aristocrat who murdered Queen Boran Peroz III, exiled Persian...

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Battle of Jalula

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Caliphate (Rashidun army) Commanders and leaders Farrukhzad Mihran Razi † Piruz Khosrow Varaztirots Hormuzan Hashim ibn Utba Al-Qa'qa'a ibn Amr at-Tamimi Tulayha...

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Kavad II

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executed. This was done at the instigation of his minister Piruz Khosrow and Shamta, the son of Khosrow II's treasurer Yazdin. Al-Tabari describes the executed...

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Bahman Jaduya

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spokesmen for the Sasanians and a member of the Parsig faction led by Piruz Khosrow. In 633, the Sasanian monarch ordered a Sasanian commander named Andarzaghar...

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Ardashir III

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however, was unable to capture the city, and then made an alliance with Piruz Khosrow, the leader of the Parsig, and the previous minister of the Empire during...

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Mihran Razi

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battle of al-Qādisiyyah. Mihran, along with Nakhiragan, Hormuzan and Piruz Khosrow, including the rest of the survivors, regrouped at Bavel (Babylon),...

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List of grand viziers of Persia

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Bahram V) Bozorgmehr (for Kavad I and Khosrow I) Izadgushasp (for Khosrow I) Piruz Khosrow (for Kavadh II and Ardashir III) Mah-Adhur Gushnasp (for Ardashir...

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Farrukh Hormizd

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a sister of Khosrow II, was made shah of Iran. However, he was not recognized by the Parsig faction of the powerful general Piruz Khosrow. Shapur-i Shahrvaraz...

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