Hormizd IV (also spelled Hormozd IV or Ohrmazd IV; Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣) was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 579 to 590. He was the...

dynasty of Persia: Hormizd I (272–273), Sasanian king Hormizd II (302–310), Sasanian king Hormizd III (457–459), Sasanian king Hormizd IV (579–590), Sasanian...

590 to 628, with an interruption of one year. Khosrow II was the son of Hormizd IV (reigned 579–590), and the grandson of Khosrow I (reigned 531–579). He...

Yemen in the west to Gandhara in the east. He was succeeded by his son Hormizd IV. Khosrow is the New Persian variant of his name used by scholars; his...

the great deal of dissatisfaction among the nobles towards the rule of Hormizd IV. The civil war lasted until 591, ending with the overthrow of the Mihranid...

Sassanian vassal state was changed into direct Persian rule. In 580, king Hormizd IV (578–590) abolished the monarchy after the death of King Bakur III, and...

descent, character, skills, and accomplishments. The Sasanian king (shah) Hormizd IV (r. 579–590) was already distrustful of Bahram and stripped the increasingly...

(379–383; son of Hormizd II) and his son Shapur III (383–388), neither of whom demonstrated their predecessor's skill in ruling. Bahram IV (388–399) also...

clan of Banu Marina backed his brother al-Aswad. The Sasanian monarch, Hormizd IV (r. 579–590), appointed Iyas ibn Qabisah al-Ta'i as interim governor,...

role at the Sasanian court. Bahram Chobin, a famed military commander of Hormizd IV (r. 579–590), was from the House of Mihran. The seven houses with their...

Hormizd-Ardashir, better known by his dynastic name of Hormizd I (also spelled Hormozd I or Ohrmazd I; Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣), was the third Sasanian...

contemporary evidence from the reigns of Khosrow I and his successor, Hormizd IV (r. 579–590); P. Pourshariati suggests that two may date to the reign...

emperor Peroz I (r. 459–484) as the marzban of Armenia, replacing Adhur Hormizd. In 475, the Mamikonian princess Shushanik, was murdered by her husband...

II (r. 590–628). In the revolution after the death of Khosrow's father Hormizd IV, the General Bahram Chobin took power over the Persian empire. Shirin...

he died early in 579 and his successor Hormizd IV (r. 578–590) preferred to continue the war. In 580, Hormizd IV abolished the Caucasian Iberian monarchy...

the Sasanian king Hormizd IV (r. 579–590), possibly as the governor of a province. When Bahram Chobin rebelled against Hormizd IV, Sarames was sent to...

become fearless") Ērān abzonhēnēd ("Iranians became strong") 531 – 579 Son Hormizd IV 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣 (Ōhrmazd) King of Kings of Iran(ians) and non-Iran(ians)...

over the Sogdian cities of Chach and Samarkand, where the Sasanian shah, Hormizd IV, minted coins. Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (C.E. 1010) describes in legendary...

the Red Sea. He is succeeded by his son Hormizd IV, who becomes king of the Persian Empire. Summer – Hormizd IV refuses to give up territories, and breaks...

of Vistahm had even married the Sasanian shah Hormizd IV (r. 579–590), and was the mother of Hormizd's heir, Khosrow II. Nevertheless, the family suffered...

When Bakur III died in 580, the Sassanid government of Persia under Hormizd IV (578-590) seized on the opportunity to abolish the Iberian monarchy. Iberia...

Parysatis still remained a power to be reckoned with for years after. Hormizd IV Hormizd IV (Persian: هرمز چهارم), son of Khosrow I, was the twenty-first King...

III Narseh Hormizd II Adur Narseh Shapur II Ardashir II Shapur III Bahram IV Yazdegerd I Shapur IV Khosrow Bahram V Yazdegerd II Hormizd III Peroz I...

570 - Conquest of Yemen. 579 - Death of Khosrow I and the Coronation of Hormizd IV. 580 - Sassanids abolish the monarchy of the Kingdom of Iberia. Direct...

ISBN 978-0-9658533-0-9 Boardman, John (1988), The Cambridge Ancient History, vol. IV (2nd ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-22804-6 Boardman...

was firmly in control in the region from 312 BC onwards. After Alexander IV's death became public knowledge in 305 BC, Seleucus proclaimed himself king...

579, but died before an agreement could be reached and his successor Hormizd IV (r. 579–590) broke off the negotiations. In 580, the Ghassanids scored...

BC), the Persian Artaxerxes III (r. 358–338 BC), the Seleucids Antiochus IV Epiphanes (r. 175–164 BC) and Demetrius I Soter (r. 161–150 BC) and the Armenian...

attempts at restoring native rule; Nebuchadnezzar III (522 BC), Nebuchadnezzar IV (521–520 BC), Bel-shimanni (484 BC), Shamash-eriba (482–481 BC) and Nidin-Bel...

Kushano-Sasanians. The Kushano-Sasanians ultimately became very powerful under Hormizd I Kushanshah (277–286) and rebelled against the Sasanian Empire, while...