Early life Khosrow I

artwork of khosrow s war mazdakites.

khosrow born in ardestan, ancient town built achaemenids, close major city of spahan. third son of kavadh i, , had 3 brothers named xerxes, zamasp , kawus. khosrow s mother sister of bawi, making khosrow related parthian house of ispahbudhan.

his father involved group of zoroastrians called mazdakites. mazdakites believed in egalitarian society , many lower class peasants supported mazdakite revolution. kavadh, wanting centralize power taking power away great noble families, supported movement. in 531, kavadh, while on death-bed, appointed khosrow successor.

war mazdakites

however, upon kavadh s death, mazdakites gave loyalty kavadh s eldest son, kawus, while noble families , zoroastrian magi gave support khosrow i. khosrow presented himself anti-mazdakite supporter. he, father, believed in strong centralized government. khosrow met brother kawus in war , defeated him mazdakite followers. subsequently, mazdak, majority of followers, executed heretical beliefs , khosrow took sasanian throne. @ khosrow s succession, byzantium , sasanian persia in open conflict each other. neither empire able advantage of other, causing emperor justinian , king khosrow agree on peace treaty in 531.

however, in 531, bawi, along other members of persian aristocracy became involved in conspiracy in tried overthrow khosrow , make kavadh, son of kavadh s second eldest son djamasp (zames), king of sasanian empire. upon learning plot, khosrow executed brothers, offsprings, along bawi , other persian notables involved. khosrow ordered execution of kavadh, still child, , away court, being raised adergoudounbades.

khosrow sent orders kill kavadh, adergoudounbades disobeyed , brought him in secret, until betrayed shah in 541 own son, bahram (varranes). khosrau had him executed, kavadh, or claiming him, managed flee byzantine empire. in 532, khosrow , justinian, emperor of eastern roman/byzantine empire concluded pax perpetuum, or eternal peace in hopes of settling land disputes between romans , sasanians.