Khosrow II
590 - 628 CE
Khosrow Parviz | Chosroes II | Husrō | Khosrow the Victorious | خسرو دوم | خسرو پرویز | 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩
Recreation of Khosrow II with red, embroidered vest, and bejeweled red, winged crown based on coins and reliefs in Tagh-e-Bostan.
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Ver.2 - Last updated: May 18th 2022
A Brief Biography
“Khosrow II (Khosrow Parviz) was the last great king of the Sasanian dynasty. He is a giant figure who towers over the Middle East in the last few decades before the coming of Islam.”
- Via Iranica
Insignia
References
For this imaginary recreation of Khosrow II’s likeness, several coins from his time, both frontal, and side profile have been considered. Also, the wall carvings which presumably* depict him have been considered, although mostly for the construction of the crown and not the face since the reliefs seem to have been heavily damaged.
For this work, the estimates from his grandfather, Khosrow I and, his maternal uncle, Vistahm, have also been considered.
*There are a few scholars who have raised doubts about the figures on the walls of at Tagh-e-Bostan to be depictions of him and instead could be of Kavad I. This theory has been disregarded for this reconstruction.
Visual Description in Literature
“His vest is embroidered and rosy, … his crown is red…“ -Hamzah Isfahani
from - The 'History of the Kings of the Persians' in Three Arabic Chronicles: The Transmission of the Iranian Past from Late Antiquity to Early Islam (Translated Texts for Historians LUP) Paperback – September 1, 2018 - by Robert G. Hoyland
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Likely Accuracy of the Creative Recreation
Between a ‘Wild’ and a ‘Weak’ Guess:
Although Khosrow II was a prominent king at his time and has much evidence of what he might have looked like, the quality of these creations are not enough to produce a close construction. For this reason, this work is at best a ‘Weak Guess’.
Note: His potential foreign ancestry also adds to the complexity of this depiction.
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