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.
PiruzKhosrow (Middle Persian: Pērōz Khusraw), also known as Piruzan or Firuzan, was a powerful Persian aristocrat who was the leader of the Parsig (Persian)...
and a sister of Khosrow II, was made ruler of Iran. When he was not recognized by the Parsig faction of the powerful general PiruzKhosrow, he was deposed...
ordered his vizier (wuzurg framadar) PiruzKhosrow to execute all his brothers and half-brothers, including Khosrow II's favorite son and heir Mardanshah...
strangled by PiruzKhosrow. Hostilities were thus resumed between the two factions. Not long afterwards, both Rostam and PiruzKhosrow were threatened...
Sasanian king of Iran Fayruz al-Daylami (fl. 631), companion of Muhammad PiruzKhosrow (died 642), Persian aristocrat who murdered the Sasanian queen of Iran...
seemingly by the Parsig leader PiruzKhosrow. The most powerful magnates in the empire, Rostam Farrokhzad and PiruzKhosrow, now threatened by their own...
under the House of Ispahbudhan and the Parsig (Persian) faction under PiruzKhosrow. In the mid-630s, the Muslim Arabs, who had invaded the territories...
cousin Shapur-i Shahrvaraz was deposed by the Parsig faction, led by PiruzKhosrow, who helped Azarmidokht ascend the throne. Her rule was marked by an...
name of Kavadh II. With the aid of PiruzKhosrow, he executed all his brothers and half-brothers, including Khosrow II's favorite son Mardanshah. Three...
Narseh's direct successor Bozorgmehr under Kavad I and Khosrow I Izadgushasp under Khosrow I PiruzKhosrow under Kavadh II and Ardashir III Mah-Adhur Gushnasp...
counter-attack, raising an army which included the Parsig faction under PiruzKhosrow, Bahman Jadhuyih and Hormuzan; the Pahlav (Parthian) faction under Rostam...
Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628. Following the execution of Sasanian shah Khosrow II in 628, Persia's internal political stability began deteriorating at...
Shahrvaraz Restored to the Sasanian throne, and later strangled to death by PiruzKhosrow Shahanshah Shapur-i Shahrvaraz – ? Son of Shahrbaraz and an unknown...
king of Iran from the house of Sassanids who ruled Oct. to Dec. 631 AD PiruzKhosrow, Persian aristocrat who murdered Queen Boran Peroz III, exiled Persian...
executed. This was done at the instigation of his minister PiruzKhosrow and Shamta, the son of Khosrow II's treasurer Yazdin. Al-Tabari describes the executed...
spokesmen for the Sasanians and a member of the Parsig faction led by PiruzKhosrow. In 633, the Sasanian monarch ordered a Sasanian commander named Andarzaghar...
however, was unable to capture the city, and then made an alliance with PiruzKhosrow, the leader of the Parsig, and the previous minister of the Empire during...
battle of al-Qādisiyyah. Mihran, along with Nakhiragan, Hormuzan and PiruzKhosrow, including the rest of the survivors, regrouped at Bavel (Babylon),...
a sister of Khosrow II, was made shah of Iran. However, he was not recognized by the Parsig faction of the powerful general PiruzKhosrow. Shapur-i Shahrvaraz...