Wednesday 21 January, 2004
Of proper titles
Here is how according to the law of Persia the Great King was to be properly addressed when writing a letter to him (translation courtesy of Pressfield):
His Majesty, Xerxes son of Darius, Great King of Persia and Media, King of Kings, King of the Lands; Master of Libya, Egypt, Arabia, Ethiopia, Babylonia, Chaldea, Phoenicia, Elam, Syria, Assyria and the Nations of Palestine; Ruler of Ionia, Lydia, Phyrgia, Armenia, Cilicia, Cappodocia, Thrace, Macedonia and the trans-Caucasus, Cyprus, Rhodes, Samos, Chios, Lesbos and the islands of the Aegean; Sovereign Lord of Parthia, Bactria, Caspia, Sousiana, Paphlagonia and India; Lord of all men from the rising to the setting sun, His Most Holy, Reverend and Exalted, Invincible, Incorruptible, Blessed of God Ahura Mazda and the Omnipotent among Mortals.
Pure class.
Posted by Dragon at 21 January 23:17, 2004
