Hormizd IV
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Hormizd IV was the King of Kings of Sasanian Iran from 579 to 590. He was the son and successor of Khosrow I and his mother was a Khazar princess.
Drachma of Hormizd IV, minted at Spahan
Drachma of Khosrow I Anushirvan (r. 531–579)
15th-century Shahnameh illustration of Hormizd IV seated on his throne
Solidus of the Byzantine emperor Maurice (r. 582–602)
Bahram Chobin
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Bahrām Chōbīn or Bahrām Chōbēn or Wahrām Chōbēn, also known by his epithet Mihrbandak, was a nobleman, general, and political leader of the late Sasanian Empire and briefly its ruler as Bahram VI.
Hormizd IV
…fought a long and indecisive war with the Byzantine Empire, which had been ongoing since the reign of his father; and to the east, the Iranian general Bahram Chobin successfully contained and defeated the Western Turkic Khaganate during the First Perso-Turkic War. It was also during Hormizd IV's reign that the…
Drachma of Bahram Chobin, minted at Arrajan in 590.
Bahram Chobin fighting Sawa Shah (Bagha Qaghan).
Drachma of the Sasanian king (shah) Hormizd IV (r. 579–590).
Bahram Chobin's night attack against the Sasanian loyalists at Nahrawan Canal near Ctesiphon.