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for three months, before being killed by its governor. On his coinage, Khosrow III is portrayed wearing the same crown as
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variant of his name used by scholars; his original name was
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422:"Kayāniān vii. Kauui Haosrauuah, Kay Husrōy, Kay Ḵosrow"
199:("he who has good fame"). The name is transliterated in
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709:Hormizd III
659:Yazdegerd I
629:Ardashir II
609:Adur Narseh
259:Verethragna
182:New Persian
156:New Persian
132:Khosrow III
62:Predecessor
22:Khosrow III
1001:630 deaths
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919:Khosrow IV
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849:Shahrbaraz
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276:References
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197:Haosrauuah
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66:Shahrbaraz
44:Shahanshah
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812:(591–628)
802:(590–591)
782:(579–590)
772:(531–579)
769:Khosrow I
742:(488–496)
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722:(459–484)
712:(457–459)
702:(438–457)
692:(420–438)
669:Shapur IV
662:(399–420)
652:(388–399)
649:Bahram IV
642:(383–388)
632:(379–383)
622:(309–379)
619:Shapur II
602:(303–309)
592:(293–303)
572:(274–293)
569:Bahram II
562:(271–274)
552:(270–271)
549:Hormizd I
542:(240–270)
532:(224–242)
517:(224–651)
219:Biography
72:Successor
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255:Khorasan
225:Kavad II
205:Chosroes
170:Khorasan
166:Sasanian
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120:Religion
92:Khorasan
969:Narsieh
819:Vistahm
759:Kavad I
739:Kavad I
719:Peroz I
679:Khosrow
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357:(ed.).
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194:Avestan
136:Khosrau
46:of the
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729:Balash
589:Narseh
510:Rulers
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213:Kisra
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176:Name
161:خسرو
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