Among these survived names, Barbad is remembered in much documents and has been named as remarkably high skilled. By the time of Xusro Parviz the Sassanid royal court was the host of prominent musicians such as Ramtin, Bamshad, Nakisa, Azad, Sarkash, and Barbad. This is specially more evident in the context of Zoroastrian ritual. The history of musical performance in Sassanid Iran is however better documented than earlier periods. There are theories in Academia that perhaps the early Dari Poets of Eastern Iran like Roudaki were in fact Gosans. During the Parthian era, troubadours or Gosans were highly sought after as entertainers. We know that the Elamites and the Achemenians certainly made use of musicians but we do not know what that music was like. ![]() In ancient Persia musicians held socially respectable positions. ![]() Taq-e Bostan carving, Women playing Chang (instrument) while the king is standing in a boat holding his bow and arrows, from 6th century Sassanid Iran.
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