The Rebellion of Anōš Āzād

• Authors: JACKSON BONNER Michael Richard
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article analyses the sources of the Rebellion of Anōš Āzād, son of Xusrō Anōšīrvān. The truth of what happened during this important period of Iranian history may never be known. But historical sources have transmitted fragments of the story from various different perspectives – often in lacunary form. Reading the relevant sources together, and analysing them, allows us to determine why some sources are fragmentary or deliberately misleading. It is possible to infer why certain authors, such as Procopius and Dinawari, might have been motivated to suppress or distort certain details also.

Keywords

EN

Xusrō Anōšīrvān; Sohrab and Rustum; Dīnawarī; Anōš Āzād; Xwadāy Nāmag; Iranian Christianity; Firdawsī; Mār Aba; Procopius

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 159-165
• Physical description: artykuł naukowy

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

JACKSON BONNER Michael Richard

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