Efforts of Sassanid Kings to Restore Central Power 488-579 AD

A Historical and Critical Study

Abstract

This study entitled (Efforts of Sassanid Kings to Restore Central Power 488-579 AD) is a critical study of the efforts of Qubad, Khusrow Anushirwan Sassanid kings, one of the most important events in Sassanid political and civilizational history It was mostly rewritten by historians of the Islamic period, but they seem to have benefited from Sassanid sources. In the late fifth century AD, the Sassanid state faced several economic, political and military crises, which weakened the centralized royal power Even the great dynasties of the country took over the main nodes of the state, including the army and treasury, which made the state run by them for a while, while the Sassanid kings tried to regain that hegemony, since they were entrusted with legitimate power. Because Islamic historians have rewritten their information from Sassanid sources, especially under the influence of Zoroastrianism, some issues such as Qubad's(488-493 and 498-531 AD) support for Mazdakism  can be considered apostasy and chaos, and Khusrow's (531-579 AD) subsequent reforms, who revived the religious and social principles of the Sassanid state, seems to have caused this king to be called the chaos of the Mazdakid movement By studying this issue critically, we come to the conclusion that the other goal of the reforms of these kings was to strengthen the central authority and also benefit the public, which is also in the interest of that authority.