Hormizd III (Persian: ???? ????), sixteenth Sassanid King of Persia, son of Yazdegerd II (438457), succeeded his father in 457.[1]
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-Nevaz 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
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