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Hormizd III
Hormizd III: king of Persia, ruling from 457 to 459, member of the Sasanian dynasty.
Main deeds:
- Name: Hormizd III
- Beginning of reign: 457
- Successor of: his father Yazdgard II
- Civil war with his brother Peroz I; Hormizd, whose power base is Reyy, is defeated and probably killed
- End of reign: 459
General Literature on Sasanian Persia
- Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia. The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2009)
- Josef Wiesehöfer, Das antike Persien. Von 550 v. Chr. bis 650 n. Chr. (1994)