Khosrow-Yazdegerd was a 5th-century statesman in

Sasanian Iran The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranians"), was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, the length of the Sasanian dynasty's reign ...

, who was active during the reign of

shah Shāh (; ) is a royal title meaning "king" in the Persian language.Yarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989) Though chiefly associated with the monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Per ...

Yazdegerd I Yazdegerd I (also spelled Yazdgerd and Yazdgird; ) was the Sasanian King of Kings () of Iran from 399 to 420. A son of Shapur III (), he succeeded his brother Bahram IV () after the latter's assassination. Yazdegerd I's largely-uneventful reig ...

(r. 399–421). He first appears in 410, when he was sent with Mihr-Shapur as the shah's representative to the

Nestorian Nestorianism is a term used in Christian theology and Church history to refer to several mutually related but doctrinarily distinct sets of teachings. The first meaning of the term is related to the original teachings of Christian theologian ...

Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon The Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, also called the Council of Mar Isaac, met in AD 410 in Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the capital of the Persian Sassanid Empire. Convoked by King Yazdegerd I (399–421), it organized the Christians of his empire into a ...

. Khosrow-Yazdegerd is the second person known to occupy the office of ''

wuzurg framadar ''Wuzurg framadār'' (, meaning "the grand commander or the grand commanding body") was a Sasanian office which was equivalent to the office of Grand Vizier in the later Islamic period. List * Abarsam, active during the reign of Ardashir I.E. Ya ...

'' (grand vizier) after

Abarsam Abarsam (Middle Persian: ''Apursām'') was a high-ranking officer in Sasanian Iran, who served as the minister (''wuzurg framadar'') of king Ardashir I Ardashir I (), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Sas ...

, who was active under

Ardashir I Ardashir I (), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Sasanian Empire, the last empire of ancient Iran. He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded the new empire. After defeating the last Par ...

(r. 224–242). He was most likely succeeded by Mihr Narseh.

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