Khosrow (; also spelled Khusrow, Khusraw, Khusrau, Khusro, Khasru, Khosru, Chosro or Osro) may refer to: *

Khosrow (name) Khosrow is a male given name of Iranian languages, Iranian origin, most notably held by Khosrow I of Sasanian Empire, Sassanid Persia, but also by other people in various locations and languages. In some times and places, and in some cases has bee ...

, a male given name also used as a title

Iranian rulers

Khosrow I Khosrow I (also spelled Khosrau, Khusro or Chosroes; ), traditionally known by his epithet of Anushirvan ("the Immortal Soul"), was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 531 to 579. He was the son and successor of Kavad I (). Inheriting a rei ...

, Sasanian ruler 531–579 *

Khosrow II Khosrow II (spelled Chosroes II in classical sources; and ''Khosrau''), commonly known as Khosrow Parviz (New Persian: , "Khosrow the Victorious"), is considered to be the last great Sasanian King of Kings (Shahanshah) of Iran, ruling from 590 ...

, Sasanian ruler 590–628 * Khosrow III, Sasanian ruler 630 * Khosrow IV, Sasanian ruler 631–633 * Khosrow (son of Bahram IV), 420 * Khusrau Shah, sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire 1157–1160 *

Khusrau Malik Abu'l-Muzaffar Khusrau Malik ibn Khusrau-Shah (), better known simply as Khusrau Malik (; also spelled Khosrow), was the last Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, ruling from 1160 to 1186. He was the son and successor of Khusrau Shah (r. 1157–1160) ...

, last Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, 1160–1186 *

Osroes I Osroes I (also spelled Chosroes I or Khosrow I; ''Husrōw'') was a Parthian contender, who ruled the western portion of the Parthian Empire from 109 to 129, with a one-year interruption. For most of his reign he contended with the rival king Vo ...

, c. 109–129 * Osroes II, c. 190

Kings of Armenia

* Khosrov I of Armenia, 198–217 * Khosrov II of Armenia, c. 252 * Khosrov III the Small, 330–339 * Khosrov IV of Armenia, 387–389

Other people

Given name

* Khosrov of Andzev (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 gener ...

(1941–2014), Iranian royal * Khusrau Khan, Sultan of Delhi for four months in 1320 * Khusrau Mirza (1587–1622), son of Mughal emperor Jahangir * Cosroe Dusi (1808–1859), Italian painter * Khosrov bey Sultanov (1879–1947), Azerbaijani statesman * Khosrov Harutyunyan (b. 1948), Armenian politician * Khosrow Behbehani, professor of engineering

Middle name

* Amir Khosrow Afshar (1919–1999), Iranian diplomat and politician * Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (1942-2023), Iranian-American wrestler and actor

Surname

Amir Khusrau Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (1253 – 1325 AD), better known as Amīr Khusrau, sometimes spelled as, Amir Khusrow or Amir Khusro, was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar, who lived during the period of the Delhi Sult ...

(1253–1325), Sufi poet (in Persian language), musician, and scholar of India * Kay Khosrow, an Iranian legendary king

Places

* Khosrow, Iran (disambiguation), several places * Khosrov, Armenia * Khosrov Forest State Reserve, in Armenia * Xosrov, Azerbaijan

Other uses

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Khosrow and Shirin ''Khosrow and Shirin'' () is a romantic Epic poetry, epic poem by the Persians, Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209). It is the second work of his set of five poems known collectively as Khamsa of Nizami, ''Khamsa''. It tells a highly el ...

'', a tragic romance by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi * Khusrau (crater), on Saturn's moon Enceladus