Bozorgmehr-e Bokhtagan ( Middle Persian : Wuzurgmihr ī Bōkhtagān ), also known as Burzmihr , Dadmihr and Dadburzmihr , [1] was an Iranian nobleman from Karin-Pahlevid , [2] who served as the Minister of Sassanid Emperor Kavada 49, 31 as the Great Vizier under his son Khosrov I (reign 531-579), and then as a spahbad under Hormizd IV . According to Persian and Arab sources, he was a man of "exceptional wisdom and the advice of the sages." And later became a characteristic of expression. His name appears in several important works in Persian literature, primarily in the Shahname . [3] Historian Arthur Christensen suggested that Bozorgmehr was the same person as Borzuy, but historiographic studies of post-Sasanian Persian literature, as well as linguistic analysis, show otherwise. [3] However, the word "Greyhound" can sometimes be seen as a shortened form of Bozorgmehr. [four]
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- Do not confuse with Greyhound
Biography
Bozorgmehr was first mentioned in 498 as one of the nine sons of the powerful nobleman Sukhra . [2] After Kavad I restored the Sassanian throne from his younger brother Zamasp , he appointed Bozorgmehr as his minister. After the death of Kavad, his son, Khosrov I, appointed Bozorgmehr his great vizier. During the reign of the son of Khosrov, Khormizd IV (579-590), Bozorgmehr was appointed spahbad from Khorasan. [2] According to Ferdinand Justi, Bozorgmehr was later executed by order of Hormizd IV. [3]
An early reference to Bozorgmehr was found in Aydāgār ī Wuzurgmihr , in which he is called argbed - a high-ranking title in the Sassanid and Parthian periods. Among other sources, later mention of him is made in Shahnam and in Al-Saalibi Gurar and Al-Masudi Murūj al-Dhahab . [3]
Works
Several Middle Persian treatises were written by Bozorgmehr. The most famous is Wizārišn ī čatrang (“Chess Treatise”), also known as “Chatrang Nama” (“Chess Book”). As well as Ayādgār ī Wuzurgmihr ī Bōxtagān , Ketab al-Zabarj (original version of the commentary by Astrologica Vettia Valenta ), Ketab Mehrāzād Jošnas ( “Book of Mehradar Josnas” ) and Zafar-nama (“Book of Victory” - a book written in middle transferred to the New Persian Avicenna . [3]
Notes
- ↑ Pourshariati (2008), p. 115
- ↑ 1 2 3 Pourshariati (2008), p. 114
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Khaleghi Motlagh, Djalal (1990), "BOZORGMEHR-E BOḴTAGĀN" , Encyclopaedia Iranica , vol. Vol. 4 , < http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bozorgmehr-e-boktagan >
- ↑ BORZUYA , Encyclopedia Iranica
Sources
- Pourshariati, Parvaneh. The fall of the Sassanid Empire: the Sassan-Parthian Confederation and the Arab conquest of Iran . - London, UK: IB Tauris, 2008 .-- ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3 .