Khosrow ( fa, خسرو; also spelled Khusrow, Khusraw, Khusrau, Khusro, Chosro or Osro) may refer to: * Khosrow (word), a given name also used as a title

Iranian rulers

Khosrow I Khosrow I (also spelled Khosrau, Khusro or Chosroes; pal, 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩; New Persian: []), traditionally known by his epithet of Anushirvan ( [] "the Immortal Soul"), was the Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from ...

, Sasanian ruler 531–579 * Khosrow II, Sasanian ruler 590–628 *

Khosrow III Khosrow III (also spelled Khosrau, Khusro or Xosrow; pal, 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩; New Persian: ) was a Sasanian rival claimant who briefly ruled a part of Khorasan for a few months in 630. Name "Khosrow" is the New Persian variant of his ...

, Sasanian ruler 630 *

Khosrow IV Khosrow IV was a Sasanian claimant to the throne who ruled Susa and its surroundings from ca. 630 to 636. Little is known about his rule, he appears to have ruled during a time of upheaval and chaos across the Sasanian Empire the 7th century has ...

, Sasanian ruler 631–633 *

Khosrow (son of Bahram IV) Khosrow ( pal, 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩), was briefly Sasanian King of Kings of Iran in 420. Biography Khosrow was the son of Bahram IV (), the sixteenth king (''shah'') of the Sasanian Empire. Since the death of the powerful Sasanian shah ...

, 420 * Khusrau Shah, sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire 1157–1160 * Khusrau Malik, last Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, 1160–1186 *

Osroes I Osroes I (also spelled Chosroes I or Khosrow I; xpr, 𐭇𐭅𐭎𐭓𐭅 ''Husrōw'') was a Parthian Empire, Parthian contender, who ruled the western portion of the Parthian Empire from 109 to 129, with a one-year interruption. For the whole of ...

, c. 109–129 *

Osroes II Osroes II (also spelled Chosroes II or Khosrow II; xpr, 𐭇𐭅𐭎𐭓𐭅 ''Husrōw''), was a claimant of the throne of the Parthian Empire c. 190. He is unknown to history except for the coins he issued. The date of his reign suggests that h ...

, c. 190

Kings of Armenia

Khosrov I of Armenia Khosrov I ( xpr, 𐭇𐭅𐭎𐭓𐭅) flourished second half of the 2nd century and first half of the 3rd century, died 217) was a Parthian Prince who served as a Roman Client King of Armenia. Khosrov I was one of the sons born to King Vologas ...

, 198–217 *

Khosrov II of Armenia Khosrov II ( hy, Խոսրով Բ, known in Roman sources as Chosroes, died 258) was an Armenian king from Arsacid dynasty. Khosrov II was the son of Tiridates II, King of Armenia, and followed his father on the Armenian throne. He was the name ...

, c. 252 *

Khosrov III the Small Khosrov III the Small ( hy, Խոսրով Գ Կոտակ, ''Khosrov III Kotak''; ''Kotak'' means "little, short, small") was the king of Arsacid Armenia . Khosrov was the son and successor of King Tiridates III. Khosrov received the epithet ''Kot ...

, 330–339 * Khosrov IV of Armenia, 387–389

Other people

Given name

Khosrov of Andzev Khosrov of Andzev (died 964) was the father of Gregory of Narek, a tenth century poet. His two sons, Grigor and Hovhannes, studied at Narek monastery under abbot Anania Narekasti. He mainly wrote on topics such as the Armenian Apostolic Church ...

(fl. 10th century), Armenian writer *

Khosrow Jahanbani Khosrow Jahanbani (27 February 1941 – 16 April 2014) was the son of Iranian general Amanullah Jahanbani and second husband of Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi. Early life Jahanbani was born on 27 February 1941 and was the youngest son of Iranian gene ...

(1941–2014), Iranian royal *

Khusrau Khan Khusrau Khan was the Sultan of Delhi for around two months in 1320. Originally from the Gujarat region, he was captured by the Delhi army during Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Malwa in 1305. After being brought to Delhi as a slave, he was conver ...

, Sultan of Delhi for four months in 1320 *

Khusrau Mirza Khusrau Mirza (16 August 1587 – 26 January 1622) was the eldest son of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir and his first wife, Shah Begum. He was beloved of his grandfather, Mughal Emperor Akbar and his grandmother, Mariam-uz-Zamani. The young ...

(1587–1622), son of Mughal emperor Jahangir * Khosrov bey Sultanov (1879–1947), Azerbaijani statesman * Khosrov Harutyunyan (b. 1948), Armenian politician

Middle name

Amir Khosrow Afshar Amir Khosrow Afshar (1919–1999; fa, امیرخسرو افشار قاسملو) was an Iranian diplomat, who served as the minister of foreign affairs of Iran during the Shah era from 1978 to 1979. Biography Born in 1919 in Tehran, Afshar was a ...

(1919–1999), Iranian diplomat and politician

Surname

Amir Khusrau Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (1253–1325 AD), better known as Amīr Khusrau was an Indo-Persian culture, Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar who lived under the Delhi Sultanate. He is an iconic figure in the cultural his ...

(1253–1325), Sufi poet (in Persian language), musician, and scholar of India *

Kay Khosrow Kay Khosrow ( fa, کیخسرو) is a legendary king of Iran of Kayanian dynasty and a character in the Persian epic book, ''Shahnameh''. He was the son of the Iranian prince Siavash who married princess Farangis of Turan while in exile. Befo ...

, an Iranian legendary king

Places

Khosrow, Iran (disambiguation) Khosrow ( fa, خسرو) in Iran may refer to: * Khosrow, Andika, Khuzestan Province * Khosrow Beyg, Markazi Province * Khosrow Beyk Rural District, in Markazi Province * Khosrow, Tehran * Khosrow Castle, in Ardabil County, Ardabil Province {{g ...

, several places * Khosrov, Armenia * Khosrov Forest State Reserve, in Armenia *

Xosrov Xosrov (also, Khosrov) is a village and municipality in the Agdash Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,783. The municipality consists of the villages of Xosrov and Sadavat Sadavat is a village in the Agdash Rayon of Azerbaijan. The vi ...

, Azerbaijan

Other uses

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Khosrow and Shirin Khosrow and Shirin ( fa, خسرو و شیرین) is the title of a famous tragic romance by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209), who also wrote Layla and Majnun. It tells a highly elaborated fictional version of the story of the love ...

'', a tragic romance by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi *

Khusrau (crater) Khusrau is an impact crater on the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Khusrau was first observed in '' Cassini'' images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 3.8° South Latitude, 185.5° West Long ...

, on Saturn's moon Enceladus