KHOSROW II

died AD 628 Khosrow II, coin, AD 590628; in the collection of the American Numismatic Society byname Khosrow Parviz (Persian: Khosrow the Victorious) late Sasanian king of Persia (reigned 590628), under whom the empire achieved its greatest expansion. Defeated at last in a war with the Byzantines, he was deposed in a palace revolution and executed. Additional reading The fullest account in English is in Sir Percy Sykes, A History of Persia, 3rd ed., vol. 1 (1969). Two older basic works are T. Noeldeke, Geschichte der Perser und Araber zur Zeit der Sasaniden: Aus der Chronik des Tabari . . . (1879) and A.E. Christensen, L'Iran sous les Sassanides (1936). The national poet Ferdowsi in the Shah-Nameh, vol. 89 (Eng. trans. 1908), deals in detail with the war with Bahram Chubin, treasures, and buildings. For literary references to Khosrow Parviz, see E.G. Browne, A Literary History of Persia, vol. 1 (192829). An authoritative discussion of social conditions will be found in R.N. Frye, The Heritage of Persia (1963).