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Ganj-e Badavard

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Ganj-e Badavard (New Persian: گنچ باداورد Ganǰ-i Bādāward, literally "the treasure brought by the wind") was the name of one of the legendary eight treasures of the Sasanian king Khosrow II (r. 591-628).[1] According to the Shahnameh, it was also the treasure of the legendary Kayanid king Kay Khosrow.

References

  1. ^ Yarshater, Ehsan (2001). Encyclopaedia iranica. Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 280. ISBN 0933273568. Retrieved 16 March 2018.