Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Kavadh II Sheroe (Siroes), king of Persia, son of Khosrau II, was raised to the throne in opposition to his father in February 628, after the great victories of the emperor Heraclius. He put his father and eighteen brothers to death, began negotiations with Heraclius, but died after a reign of a few months. This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.