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Khosrow I

501 - 579

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Khosrow I (also spelled Khosrau, Khusro or Chosroes; Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩), traditionally known by his epithet of Anushirvan ("the Immortal Soul"), was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 531 to 579. He was the son and successor of Kavad I (r. 488–496, 498/9–531). Inheriting a reinvigorated empire at war with the Byzantines, Khosrow I signed a peace treaty with them in 532, known as the Perpetual Peace, in which the Byzantine emperor Justinian I paid 11,000 pounds of gold to the Sasanians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khosrow I has received more than 809,253 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Khosrow I is the 577th most popular politician (up from 587th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Iran and the 11th most popular Iranian Politician.

Khosrow I was the king of Persia from 531-579 AD. He is most famous for his conquest of the Byzantine Empire and his introduction of Zoroastrianism as the state religion.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Khosrow I ranks 577 out of 19,576. Before him are George II of Great Britain, Sneferu, Chaim Weizmann, Xanthippe, Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, and Hassan II of Morocco. After him are Macrinus, Philip III of France, Hamid Karzai, Irene of Athens, Tigranes the Great, and Zubayr ibn al-Awam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 501, Khosrow I ranks 1. After him are Imru' al-Qais, Stephanus of Byzantium, Anastasia the Patrician, Daṇḍin, Pyeongwon of Goguryeo, Bharavi, Corippus, Artabanes, Anwon of Goguryeo, Conall mac Comgaill, and Áedán mac Gabráin. Among people deceased in 579, Khosrow I ranks 1. After him are Pope Benedict I, and Theodric of Bernicia.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Khosrow I ranks 28 out of 631. Before him are Tughril (990), Al-Tabari (839), Bodhidharma (483), Tahmasp I (1514), Nader Shah (1688), and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817). After him are Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Reza Shah (1878), Salman the Persian (568), Ferdowsi (940), Hassan Rouhani (1948), and Darius II (-475).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Khosrow I ranks 11. Before him are Darius III (-380), Harun al-Rashid (766), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Tahmasp I (1514), and Nader Shah (1688). After him are Reza Shah (1878), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Darius II (-475), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Antiochus III the Great (-241), and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956).

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