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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. He was the chancellor (vizier) of Khosrau I . 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.