The Sassanid ruler Khosrau I Anušīrwān (r. 531-79) representing justice, and his famous minister Borzūya, representing wit and cleverness, appear in many anecdotes of Kāšefī’s mirror. Anušīrwān is given the name Nava-śarin, or, Nūtna-śarin by Sāhib Rām, both meaning „having new arrows“.
Aḫlāq-e Moḥsenī |
| Vīraratnaśekharaśikhā |
| text passage |
yakī az ḫulafāʾ | one of the caliphs | Khala-pū | (barn sweeper) | 2.26 |
Dāvūd | David | Dāmodara |
| 5.8 |
Nušīravān |
| Nūtna-śarin | (having new arrows) | 39.28 |
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| Nava-śarin | (having new arrows) | 39.30 |