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Destruction of the ādur gušnasp temple in ādurbādagān as a revenge for abduction of the Holy Cross from Jerusalem in the context of the letters of Heraclius

In 614 kust-ī nēmrōz spāhbed Šahrwarāz captured Jerusalem. Among the trophies brought from the city he took the relics of the Holy Cross. The current article analyzes the religious aspects of the last great war between Iran and Byzantium based on correspondence of Heraclius (610-641). The main goal is an attempt for replying the question whether destruction of the main Zoroastrian Ādur Gušnasp in Ādurbādagān was in fact a revenge for the capture of the True Cross?