dynasty death_date birth_date reign father death_place title image_size image name caption predecessor birth_place queen issue successor mother religion article_title
sassanian february 28 , 628 circa 570 590 -- february 25 , 628 -lrb- second reign -rrb- -lrb- first reign -rrb- 591 & nbsp ; hormizd iv ctesiphon , persia great the victorious -rrb- king -lrb- shah -rrb- of persia parvēz -lrb- 300px khosrauiidinarhistoryofiran.jpg khosrow ii pal gold coin of khosrow ii . hormizd -rrb- vistahm -lrb- rival king -rrb- iv -lrb- predecessor -rrb- bahram chobin -lrb- usurper ctesiphon , persia shirin , maria borandokht azarmidokht turandokht kavadh ii vistahm 's sister zoroastrianism khosrow ii

khosrow ii

khosrow ii -lrb- chosroes ii in classical sources ; middle persian : `` husrō -lrb- y -rrb- '' -rrb- , entitled `` aparvēz '' -lrb- `` the victorious '' -rrb- , also khusraw parvēz -lrb- new persian : -rrb- , was the last great king of the sasanian empire , reigning from 590 to 628 .
he was the son of hormizd iv -lrb- reigned 579 -- 590 -rrb- and the grandson of khosrow i -lrb- reigned 531 -- 579 -rrb- .
he was the last king of persia to have a lengthy reign before the muslim conquest of iran , which began five years after his death by assassination .
he lost his throne , then recovered it with roman help , and , a decade later , went on to emulate the feats of the achaemenids , conquering the rich roman provinces of the middle east ; much of his reign was spent in wars with the byzantine empire and struggling against usurpers such as bahram chobin and vistahm .
in works of persian literature such as the `` shahnameh '' and `` khosrow and shirin '' -lrb- -rrb- , a famous tragic romance by nizami ganjavi -lrb- 1141 -- 1209 -rrb- , a highly elaborated fictional version of khosrow 's life made him one of the greatest heroes of the culture , as much as a lover as a king .
`` khosrow and shirin '' tells the story of his love for the aramean princess shirin , who becomes his queen after a lengthy courtship strewn with mishaps and difficulties .
