Khosrow the Usurper

Khosrau the Usurper 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩
"King of kings of Iran and Aniran"
Reign	420
Predecessor	Shapur IV
Successor	Bahram V
Born	Persia
House	House of Sasan
Father	Bahram IV
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Khosrau (Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩), better known as Khosrau the Usurper, was a Sasanian pretender in 420.

Biography

Khosrau was the son of Bahram IV, who was the thirteenth Sasanian king. He was proclaimed king by a group of nobles after the murder of his cousin Shapur IV. Bahram V, another cousin of Khosrau, opposed the decision of the nobles, and asked the king of Al-Hirah for military assistance and received it. He then marched towards Ctesiphon and promised that he would not reign like his father Yazdegerd I did.^[1] According to the Shahnameh, Bahram V suggested that the royal crown and garb should be placed between two lions, and the person that retrieved them by killing the beasts should be acknowledged as the king of Persia, Bahram V managed to win and became king of Persia. Nothing is known about the fate of Khosrau.

References

↑ Bahrām V Gōr, O. Klíma, Encyclopaedia Iranica

Sources

Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.

Khosrow the Usurper Sasanian dynasty
Preceded by Shapur IV	Great King (Shah) of Persia 420	Succeeded by Bahram V

Rulers of the Sasanian Empire (224–651)

Ardashir I (224–242) Shapur I (240–270) Hormizd I (270–271) Bahram I (271–274) Bahram II (274–293) Bahram III (293) Narseh (293–302) Hormizd II (302–309) Adur Narseh (309) Shapur II (309–379) Ardashir II (379–383) Shapur III (383–388) Bahram IV (388–399) Yazdegerd I (399–420) Shapur IV^§ (420) Khosrow the Usurper^§ (420) Bahram V (420–438) Yazdegerd II (438–457) Hormizd III (457–459) Peroz I (459–484) Balash (484–488) Kavadh I (488–496) Djamasp (496–498) Kavadh I (498–531) Khosrow I (531–579) Hormizd IV (579–590) Khosrow II (590) Bahram VI Chobin^§ (590–591) Khosrow II (591–628) Vistahm^§ (591–596) Kavadh II (628) Ardashir III (628–629) Shahrbaraz^§ (629) Khosrow III^§ (629) Borandukht (629–630) Shapur-i Shahrvaraz^§ (630) Peroz II^§ (630) Azarmidokht (630–631) Farrukh Hormizd^§ (630–631) Hormizd VI^§ (630–631) Khosrow IV^§ (631) Farrukhzad Khosrau V^§ (631) Boran (631–632) Yazdegerd III (632–651) Peroz III (pretender) Narsieh (pretender)

^§ usurpers or rival claimants

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