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A banquet of Anōšervān (Husrav son of Kavād)

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In the Šāhnāma (M 41), Firdōsī told the story of the seven banquets (bazm) of Anōšervān (Chosroes I) who gave a series of entertainments at which he bade the high priests and great men assemble at the palace with the sages, and asked about various subjects belonging to the wisdom-literature. In the Codex TD 26, we find another banquet of Anōšervān to the sages:

Vehšābuhr, the chief priest;

Māhādurbūm, chief of the husbandmen;

Vindādohrmazd;

Vazurgmihr, chief of the court.

A banquet of Anōšervān (Husrav son of Kavād)

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