Hormizd IV, son of Khosrau I of Persia (531–579), reigned as King of Persia from 579 to 590. A coin of Khosrau I Khosrau I, (Anushirvan Persian: انوشيروان meaning the immortal soul), also known as Anushirvan the just (Anushirvan Adel) (ruled 531-579) was the favourite son and successor of Kavadh I, and the most famous and celebrated of the Sassanid kings. ... The Sassanid Empire in the time of Shapur I; the conquest of Cappadocia was temporary Official language Pahlavi (Middle Persian) Dominant Religion Zoroastrianism Capital Ctesiphon Sovereigns Shahanshah of the Iran (Eranshahr) First Ruler Ardashir I Last Ruler Yazdegerd III Establishment 224 AD Dissolution 651 AD Part of the History of... Events End of the Northern Qi Dynasty in China. ... Events September 3 - St. ...

He seems to have been imperious and violent, but not without some kindness of heart. Some very characteristic stories are told of him by Tabari (Noldeke, Geschichte d. Perser und Arhalter unter den Sasaniden, 264 ff.). Hiss father's sympathies had been with the nobles and the priests. Hormizd IV protected the common people and introduced a severe discipline in his army and court. When the priests demanded a persecution of the Christians, he declined on the ground that the throne and the government could only be safe if it gained the goodwill of both concurring religions. The consequence was that Hormizd IV raised a strong opposition in the ruling classes, which led to many executions and confiscations. Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir at-Tabari (Arabic الطبري, AD 838-AD 923), was an author from Persia. ... Theodor Nöldeke (March 2, 1836 - 1930), German Semitic scholar, was born at Harburg, and studied at Göttingen, Vienna, Leiden and Berlin. ...

When Hormizd IV came to the throne in 579, he killed his brothers, according to the oriental fashion. From his father he had inherited a war against the Byzantine empire and against the Turks in the east, and negotiations of peace had just begun with the Emperor Tiberius II (578–582), but Hormizd IV haughtily declined to cede anything of the conquests of his father. Therefore the accounts given of him by the Byzantine authors, Theophylact Simocatta (iii.16 ff.), Menander Protector and John of Ephesus (vi.22), who give a full account of these negotiations, are far from favourable. Byzantine Empire (Greek: ) is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Tiberius II Constantine, wearing consular robes. ... Menander Protector (Greek for one of the imperial bodyguards), Byzantine historian, was born in Constantinople in the middle of the 6th century AD. The little that is known of his life is contained in the account of himself quoted by Suidas. ... John of Ephesus (or of Asia), a leader of the Monophysite Syriac-speaking Church in the 6th century, and one of the earliest and most important of historians who wrote in Syriac. ...

In 588 Hormizd IV's general, Bahram Chobin (who became rival King Bahram VI), defeated the Turks, but in the next year (589) was beaten by the Romans; and when the King superseded him he rebelled with his army. This was the signal for a general insurrection. The magnates deposed and blinded Hormizd IV and proclaimed his son Khosrau II of Persia (590–628) King. In the war which now followed between Bahram Chobin and Khosrau II, Hormizd IV was killed by some partisans of his son. Events The Lombards are converted to Catholic Christianity. ... Bahrahm Chobin was a famous Eran spahbod (military commander) during Khosraus II rule in Sassanid Iran. ... Parvez, the Victorious (Khosau II), king of Persia, son of Hormizd IV, grandson of Khosrau I, 590 - 628. ...

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