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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bahram Chobin (category Generals of Hormizd IV)
descent, character, skills, and accomplishments. The Sasanian king (shah) Hormizd IV (r. 579–590) was already distrustful of Bahram and stripped the increasingly...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Sarames the Elder (category Generals of Hormizd IV)
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...
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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...
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become fearless") Ērān abzonhēnēd ("Iranians became strong") 531 – 579 Son Hormizd IV 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣 (Ōhrmazd) King of Kings of Iran(ians) and non-Iran(ians)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Kardarigan (6th century) (category Generals of Hormizd IV)
Kardarigan (Greek: Καρδαριγάν) was a Sassanid Persian general of the late 6th century AD, who fought in the Byzantine–Persian War of 572–591. Since he...
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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...
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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...
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fact that the shahanshah had stopped leading his army into battle since Hormizd IV (r. 579–590) may have been a significant contributing element. This may...
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Bahram Siyavashan (category Generals of Hormizd IV)
Bahram Siyavashan (Middle Persian: Wahrām Siyāvakhšan) was an Iranian commander, who supported the prominent Sasanian military leader Bahram Chobin. He...
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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...
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interim governor of al-Hirah for a few months in 580 by Sasanian monarch, Hormizd IV (r. 579–590), while a suitable candidate was sought among the Naṣrid dynasty...
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Azen Gushnasp (category Generals of Hormizd IV)
statesman who served as the minister (wuzurg framadār) of the Sasanian king Hormizd IV (r. 579–590) from an unknown date till his death in 590. Although his...
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Akkad dynasty (Sargon) Early Bronze Age IV: c. 2200 – c. 2100 BC Gutian period: c. 2154 – c. 2119 BC Uruk IV dynasty Gutian dynasty Middle Bronze Age...
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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...
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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...
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