Anoshazad

Anōšazād was a late ancient Persian king's son, who against his father, the Sassanian Khosrow I, rebelled at 543.

According to the report of his contemporaries Anōšazād Prokopios of Caesarea was the eldest son of the king. Its name is derived from / anōšag / ( " immortal ") and / ZAD / ( "born" ), so it means " born as an immortal " or " Son of the Immortals". The Greek form of the name is Anasozados. Whether it really is a proper name or rather a nickname is unclear - his father Chosroes I. is known in the oriental tradition as Anuširvān ( " with the immortal soul ").

Following Prokopios ' report in the eighth book of the histories (8, 10), so the prince was due to disputes with Khosrau to Beth Lapat ( Gondēšāpūr ) in Khuzestan (southwest of present-day Iran) was banned, where he was of the message made a proclamation of his father supposedly deadly disease to the king. The later oriental reports (eg in Abū l - Qasem Ferdowsi -e, see also Tabari ) confirm this in the Broad, said sources in some details, however, differ. When it became clear that Chosroes had survived the disease, presented Anōšazād an army, but was defeated by a commander of his father and was taken prisoner. According to some reports, he was executed; But Prokopios claims Khosrau had his son be punished with death, but with mutilation of the face to take him more hopes on the crown - in the late ancient Sassanid Empire were only allowed to physically Intact ascend the throne.

Allegedly Anōšazād interested in Christianity and is said to have also made an effort to support the Christians (his mother is itself have been a Christian ). After Theodor Nöldeke requires active participation by a greater number of Christians who were relatively well represented in Mesopotamia, but unlikely, because it would otherwise probably come after the suppression of the rebellion anti-Christian measures, which is not but in the sources mentioned.