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Firouz was a wealthy Armenian Christian convert to Islam and armor maker who held a high post in Yaghi-Siyan's Seljuk Turkish government during the Crusades. Notably, he also served as a spy for Bohemond during the Siege of Antioch. Bohemond had offered Firouz riches and safety guarantees in return for his assistance. Firouz was disgruntled with his position in Yaghi-Siyan's government, because he had been recently fined and his wife seduced by a senior Turkish officer. On June 3, 1098, Firouz, unsatisfied with his commanding officer, hung a rope ladder for Bohemond's men who subsequently climbed up into the city and opened its gates. Allowing the crusaders into the city, the local Armenians joined in the massacring of the Turks.
Firouz may refer to:
- Elsa Firouz Azar (born 1983), Iranian film actress
- Firouz, armour maker who held a high post in Yaghi-Siyan's Seljuk Turkish government during the Crusades
- Firouz Karimi (born 1956), Iranian football manager
- Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh Farman Farmaian III, (1889–1937), GCMG (1919) eldest son of Prince Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma
- Firouz Naderi (born 1946), Iranian-American scientist and Director for Solar System Exploration at NASA's JPL
- Kiana Firouz, Iranian lesbian activist and filmmaker currently residing in the UK
- Louise Firouz, American-born, Iranian horse breeder and researcher
- Mohammad Hossein Mirza Firouz (1894-?) KCVO, Iranian prince of Qajar Dynasty
- Mozaffar Firouz (1906–1988), the eldest son of prince Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh Farman Farmaian III by his first wife
- Nosrat-od-Dowleh Firouz Mirza (1818–1886), Persian prince of Qajar Dynasty, was the 16th son of crown prince Abbas Mirza