Hormizd III
Hormizd III | |
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"King of kings of Iran and Aniran" | |
Reign | 457–459 |
Born | Unknown |
Died | Possibly in 459, may have been spared by Peroz I |
Predecessor | Yazdegerd II |
Successor | Peroz I |
Royal House | House of Sasan |
Father | Bahram V |
Mother | Dinak |
Religious beliefs | Zoroastrianism |
Hormizd III (Persian: هرمز سوم), was the seventeenth king of the Sasanian Empire. He was the and successor of Yazdegerd II (438–457).[1]
Biography
In 457, Yazdegerd II died. Hormizd, the older son of Yazdegerd II,[2] was kept near Ctesiphon, while his younger brother, Peroz, was stationed in Sistan.[3] Following his father's death, Hormizd became ruler of the Sassanian Empire. In response, Peroz sought the aid of the Hephthalite monarch, Khush-Newaz in Bactria. The Hephthalites aided Peroz, who defeated Hormizd[4] and by 459 controlled Ctesiphon making him ruler of the Sassanian Empire.[5]
Sources differ as to what happened to Hormizd after his capture. Some say that he was put to death in 459.[6]
However, the Persian historian Mirkhond says that Peroz pardoned his younger brother and amicably spared his life.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Meir Holder, History of the Jewish People, (Mesorah Publications Ltd, 2004), 205.
- ↑ Elizabeth Errington, Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Joe Cribb, From Persepolis to the Punjab: Exploring Ancient Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, (British Museum Press, 2011), 79.
- ↑ Jacob Neusner, A History of the Jews in Babylonia:Later Sasanian Times, Vol. V, (Brill, 1970), 40.
- ↑ Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia:The Rise and Fall of an Empire, (I.B.Tauris, 2010), 24.
- ↑ Jacob Neusner, 40.
- ↑ Parvaneh Pourshariati, Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire:The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran, (I.B.Tauris, 2011), 71.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
- Wigram, W. A. (2004). An introduction to the history of the Assyrian Church, or, The Church of the Sassanid Persian Empire, 100–640 A.D. Gorgias Press. ISBN 1-59333-103-7.
- Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
Hormizd III Sassanid dynasty | ||
Preceded by Yazdegerd II |
Great King (Shah) of Persia 457–459 |
Succeeded by Peroz I |
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