The
Khosro[v]ianni , latinized as
Chosroids, were a
dynasty of the kings and later of the
presiding princes of the early
Georgian state of
Iberia, natively known as
Kartli, from the 4th to the 9th centuries. The family accepted
Christianity as their official religion (or 319/326), and maneuvered between the
Byzantine Empire and
Sassanid Iran to retain a degree of independence. After the
abolition of the Iberian kingship by the Sassanids c. 580, the dynasty survived in its two closely related, but sometimes competing princely branches—the elder Chosroid and the younger
Guaramid—down to the early ninth century when they were succeeded by the Georgian
Bagratids on the throne of Iberia.