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Shahrbaraz (or Shahrwaraz) (died June 9, 630
630

Events...
) was a general, with the rank of Eran Spahbod (Commander of the Army of Iran) under Khosrau II
Khosrau II

Khosrau II or Khosrow II was the twenty-second Sassanid Empire King of Persia from 590 to 628. He was the son of Hormizd IV and grandson of Khosrau I ....
 (590–628). His name was Farrokhan and Shahrbaraz was his title. It means "the Boar of the Empire", attesting to his dexterity in military command and his warlike persona, as the boar was the animal associated with the Zoroastrian Izad
Yazata

Yazata is the Avestan language word for a Zoroastrianism concept. The word has a wide range of meaning but generally signifies a divinity. The term literally means "worthy of worship" or "worthy of veneration."...
 Vahram
Vahram

Verethragna is an Avestan language neuter noun literally meaning "smiting of resistance" . Representing this concept is the divinity Verethragna, who is the Hypostatic object of "victory", and "as a giver of victory Verethragna plainly enjoyed the greatest popularity of old" ....
, the epitome of victory.

Shahrbaraz took Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
 and Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 from the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 in 613 and 614 respectively, and the Holy Cross
True Cross

The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by a Christianity tradition, are believed to be from the actual cross upon which Jesus was crucified....
 was carried away in triumph.






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Shahrbaraz (or Shahrwaraz) (died June 9, 630
630

Events...
) was a general, with the rank of Eran Spahbod (Commander of the Army of Iran) under Khosrau II
Khosrau II

Khosrau II or Khosrow II was the twenty-second Sassanid Empire King of Persia from 590 to 628. He was the son of Hormizd IV and grandson of Khosrau I ....
 (590–628). His name was Farrokhan and Shahrbaraz was his title. It means "the Boar of the Empire", attesting to his dexterity in military command and his warlike persona, as the boar was the animal associated with the Zoroastrian Izad
Yazata

Yazata is the Avestan language word for a Zoroastrianism concept. The word has a wide range of meaning but generally signifies a divinity. The term literally means "worthy of worship" or "worthy of veneration."...
 Vahram
Vahram

Verethragna is an Avestan language neuter noun literally meaning "smiting of resistance" . Representing this concept is the divinity Verethragna, who is the Hypostatic object of "victory", and "as a giver of victory Verethragna plainly enjoyed the greatest popularity of old" ....
, the epitome of victory.

Shahrbaraz took Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
 and Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 from the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 in 613 and 614 respectively, and the Holy Cross
True Cross

The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by a Christianity tradition, are believed to be from the actual cross upon which Jesus was crucified....
 was carried away in triumph. However, during Heraclius
Heraclius

Flavius Heraclius was a Byzantine Emperor, who ruled the Byzantine Empire for over thirty years, from October 5, 610 to February 11, 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his Heraclius the Elder, the viceregal Exarchate of Africa, successfully led a revolt against the unpopular usurper Phocas....
's (610–641) campaign in the Persian Empire in the 620s, mutual suspicion arose between Khosrau II and Shahrbaraz. Byzantine agents showed Shahrbaraz letters indicating that Khosrau II was planning the general's execution. This kept one of the main Persian armies and its best general neutral during this crucial period, speeding the end of the war and the Byzantine victory
Battle of Nineveh (627)

The Battle of Nineveh was the climactic battle of the last of the Roman-Persian Wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid dynasty, in 627....
.

Following the Persian surrender, Shahrbaraz was heavily involved in the intrigues of the Sassanian court. On April 27, 630
630

Events...
, he killed Ardashir III of Persia (628–630) and became the twenty-fifth ruler of the Sassanian Empire. He made peace with Heraclius and returned to him a relic that was accepted as the True Cross
True Cross

The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by a Christianity tradition, are believed to be from the actual cross upon which Jesus was crucified....
. In April 630 he failed to deal with the invasion of Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
 by a Khazar-Gokturk force under Chorpan Tarkhan
Chorpan Tarkhan

Chorpan Tarkhan is recorded by Moses of Kalankatuyk as a Khazar general, "bloodthirsty and vile", who invaded and devastated Armenia in April 630 CE....
. On June 9, 630
630

Events...
 Shahrbaraz was slain, and Purandokht succeeded him.