Kavadh II, King of Persia, 590-628

LC control no.	no2019001536
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Kavadh II, King of Persia, 590-628 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Qobād II, King of Persia, 590-628 Qabād II, King of Persia, 590-628 Kavād II, King of Persia, 590-628 Kawād II, King of Persia, 590-628 Siroe, King of Persia, 590-628 Siroes, King of Persia, 590-628 Syroēs, King of Persia, 590-628 Shērōē, King of Persia, 590-628 Šērōye, King of Persia, 590-628 Shīrūya, King of Persia, 590-628 Širuya, King of Persia, 590-628
Associated country	Iran
Birth date	0590
Death date	0628-09-06
Profession or occupation	Kings and rulers
Found in	Traetta, Tommaso. Siroe, 2018: title page (Siroe) p. xvi (Syroēs; son of Chosroes II) Grove Music Online, December 6, 2018: under Siroe re di Persia (Siroe; Siroes; Kavadh II Shiruya (Siroes); Khosrau II Parvez (Chosroes II) ruled Persia across the years AD 591-628 and was deposed by his son, Kavadh II Shiruya (Siroes), who thus prevented the throne passing to his brother, Merdaza (Medarses). Accounts of this story are to be found in the Zonaras Epitomae (bk 14); the Elmacinus Historia saracenica (bk 1); and the Baronio Annalium (vol. xi), drawn from the Theophanes, Chronographia (A. M. 6118)) Wikipedia, December 6, 2018: (Kavadh II; Shērōē (also spelled Shīrūya in New Persian), better known by his dynastic name of Kavadh II (Middle Persian: kwʹt' Kawād; New Persian: ‎قباد Qobād or Qabād), was king of the Sasanian Empire briefly in 628. He was the son of Khosrow II. He became king after orchestrating a coup d'état against his father; subject of a libretto by Metastasio, set by several composers; born 590; died September 6, 628 in Dastagird) Encyclopaedia Iranica, online ed., December 6, 2018: under Sasanian Dynasty (Šērōye; assumed the throne name Kavād) under Kawād II (Kawād II; Sasanian king (r. 628), son of K̲osrow II; see Širuya (entry pending)) <http://www.iranicaonline.org>