Chosrau III.

Portrait of Chosrau III.

Chosrau III. was a nephew of the Sassanid king Chosrau II , after whose death it had come to anarchic conditions in the empire. The successors of Chosraus II, including two queens, could only stay on the throne for a few months and sometimes ruled simultaneously in different parts of the empire; In addition, the sources for this period are very uncertain.

Chosrau III. was proclaimed king in the east of Persia in 630. He could only gain regional authority and was murdered after a few months. Peroz II then seems to have been made king by followers of Chosraus, only to be murdered a short time later.

literature

Touraj Daryaee: When the End is Near: Barbarized Armies and Barracks Kings of Late Antique Iran. In: Maria Macuch u. a. (Ed.): Ancient and Middle Iranian Studies. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2010, pp. 43–52.

Remarks

↑ Occasionally, the number of rulers after Chosrau II varies in research. Thus, in the Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire , vol. 3a, Cambridge 1992, p. 308, a different Chosrau than Chosrau III. counted. However, the chronology was at this point followed, which is also the preferred option in the relevant newer standard works (cf.. Klaus Schippmann : Broad history of the Sasanian Empire , Darmstadt 1990, p 73; Josef Wiesehöfer : The ancient Persia , aktual edition, Dusseldorf. 2005, p. 413).
↑ Theodor Nöldeke : History of the Persians and Arabs at the time of the Sasanids. Translated from the Arabic chronicle of Tabari and provided with detailed explanations and additions , Leiden 1879, p. 390, note 1 ( digitized version of the University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt, Halle ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Azar addict	King of the New Persian Empire 630	Hormizd V.

personal data
SURNAME	Chosrau III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of the New Persian Empire from the Sassanid dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH	around 630

[1] Occasionally, the number of rulers after Chosrau II varies in research. Thus, in the Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire , vol. 3a, Cambridge 1992, p. 308, a different Chosrau than Chosrau III. counted. However, the chronology was at this point followed, which is also the preferred option in the relevant newer standard works (cf.. Klaus Schippmann : Broad history of the Sasanian Empire , Darmstadt 1990, p 73; Josef Wiesehöfer : The ancient Persia , aktual edition, Dusseldorf. 2005, p. 413).

[2] Theodor Nöldeke : History of the Persians and Arabs at the time of the Sasanids. Translated from the Arabic chronicle of Tabari and provided with detailed explanations and additions , Leiden 1879, p. 390, note 1 ( digitized version of the University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt, Halle ).