Editing Khosrow I (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Anoushiravan.jpg|thumb|upright|Anushiruwan the Just statue in [[Tehran courthouse]], commissioned during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty.]]
[[File:Tomb of Ferdowsi, Tus, Mashhad, Iran (101) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Anushiruwan the Just statue in [[Tomb of Ferdowsi]] at [[Mashhad]], commissioned during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty.]]

Although Khosrow's achievements were highly successful and helped centralize the empire, they did not last long after his death. The local officials and great noble families resented the fact that their power had been stripped away from them and began to quickly regain power after his death.{{sfn|Frye|1984}} Khosrow's reign had a major impact on [[Islam]]ic culture and political life. Many of his policies and reforms were brought into the Islamic nation in their transformation from a decentralized confederation into a centralized empire.{{sfn|Frye|1984}}

There are a considerable number of Islamic works that were inspired by the reign of Khosrow I, for example the ''Kitab al-Taj'' of [[Al-Jahiz|Jahiz]]. The high number of Islamic texts referring to Khosrow's reign can make it hard to distinguish fact from fallacy.{{sfn|Frye|1984}}

During his reign the Silk Road between ancient China, India and the western world was promoted and possibly even created.{{sfn|Farrokh|2007|p=241}} Richard Frye argues that Khosrow's rationale behind his numerous wars with the Byzantine empire as well as the eastern Hephthalites was to establish the Sasanian dominance on this trade route.{{sfn|Frye|1984}}