Editing Kavad I (section)

== Succession ==
[[Image:Khosrow I Anushirvan, Gundeshapur mint.jpg|thumb|alt=The obverse and reverse sides of a coin of Khosrow I |Drachma of [[Khosrow I|Khosrow I Anushirvan]] ({{reign|531|579}})]]
According to Procopius and other historians, Kavad had written a succession plan that favoured Khosrow just before his death. Historian John Malalas stated that Kavad crowned Khosrow himself.{{sfn|Crone|1991|p=32}} However, at the beginning of Khosrow's reign in 531, Bawi and other members of the Iranian aristocracy became involved in a conspiracy to overthrow Khosrow and make Kavad, the son of Kavad's second eldest son [[Jamasp (son of Kavad I)|Jamasp]], the shah of Iran.<ref name="Iranica">{{harvnb|Frye|1983|p=465}}</ref> Upon learning of the plot, Khosrow executed all of his brothers and their offspring, as well as Bawi and the other nobles who were involved.{{sfn|Pourshariati|2008|p=111}}

Khosrow also ordered the execution of Kavad, who was still a child, and was away from the court, being raised by Adergoudounbades. He sent orders to kill Kavad, but Adergoudounbades disobeyed and secretly raised him until he was betrayed to the shah in 541 by his own son, Bahram. Khosrow had him executed, but Kavad, or someone claiming to be him, managed to flee to the Byzantine Empire.<ref>{{harvnb|Martindale|1992|pp=16, 276}}; {{harvnb|Pourshariati|2008|pp=268–269}}; {{harvnb|Greatrex|Lieu|2002|p=112}}.</ref>