Burzoe or Bozorgmehr (Burzoe/Borzuyeh/Borzuy: from Middle Persian / Pahlavi: "of honour" or "high"; Bozorgmehr: from Middle Persian (Vozurgmihr) and Modern Persian(بزرگمهر): "Great Sun" or "Great Mithra") was a famous Iranian statesman and physician of the Sassanid era of the Persian Empire in the sixth century. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty or Sassanian Dynasty (ساسانیان) is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Persian empire He was the chancellor (vizier) of Khosrau I . A Vizier ( - wazīr) (sometimes also spelled Vazir Vizir Vasir Wazir Vesir, or Vezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many western Asian Khosrau I or Khosrow I ( Chosroes I in classical sources most commonly known in Persian as Anushirvan, Persian انوشيروان meaning Due to his proverbial literary, political and scientific work he was deeply respected by Eastern peoples as a man of wisdom and honour even after the Arab invasion of Iran in the seventh century. On this basis he is a positive figure in modern Eastern literature as well.
He translated the Indian Panchatantra from Sanskrit into the Middle Persian language of Pahlavi. The Panchatantra (also spelled Pañcatantra, in Sanskrit: पञ्चतन्त्र 'Five Principles' or Kalīleh o Demneh But both his translation and the original Sanskrit version he worked from are lost. Before their loss, however, his Pahlavi version was translated into Arabic by Ibn al-Mafuqqa under the title of Kalila and Dimna or The Fables of Bidpai and became the Arabs' greatest prose classics. The Panchatantra (also spelled Pañcatantra, in Sanskrit: पञ्चतन्त्र 'Five Principles' or Kalīleh o Demneh The book contains fables in which animals interact in complex ways to convey teachings to princes in policy.
Bozorgmehr was a chess master and is said to have created the game "Backgammon" in its ancient version. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. Backgammon is a Board game for two players in which the playing pieces are moved according to the roll of Dice.
The "Pandnamak-i Vozurg-Mihr-i Bukhtakan" (Modern Persian: Pandnameh e Bozorgmehr e Bakhtegan), a book of advice, which is another book attributed to Bozorgmehr, was preserved in the royal treasury (ganj-e shahigan) of Iran in the Sassanid Empire and has been translated into modern languages.