Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Hormizd II of Persia


Related Topics

In the News (Sat 22 Nov 08)

  
  Hormizd II of Persia
Hormizd II, king of Persia, son of Narseh, reigned for seven years and five months, 302-309.
After his death his oldest son Adarnases was killed by the grandees after a very short reign, as he showed a cruel disposition; another son, Hormizd, was kept a prisoner, and the throne reserved for the child with which a concubine of Hormizd II was pregnant and which received the name Shapur II.
In 363 Hormizd served in the army of Julian against Persia; his son, with the same name, afterwards served in the Roman government as a proconsul (Ammianus Marcellinus 26.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/ho/hormizd_ii_of_persia.html   (147 words)

  
 Hormizd - LoveToKnow 1911
Hormizd escaped from prison by the help of his wife in 323, and found refuge at the court of Constantine the Great (Zosim.
Hormizd Iv., son of Chosroes I., reigned 578-590.
HORMIZD V. was one of the many pretenders who rose after the murder of Chosroes II.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hormizd   (651 words)

  
 Hormizd IV of Persia
Hormizd IV, son of Khosrau I, reigned as king of Persia from 578 to 590.
The magnates deposed and blinded Hormizd and proclaimed his son Khosrau II king.
Hormizd was killed by some partisans of his son (590).
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ho/Hormizd_IV_of_Persia.html   (305 words)

  
 Top Literature - Hormizd II
Hormizd II, was a Persia king of the Sassanid dynasty who reigned for seven years and five months, from 302 to 309.
Another version says that Shapur II was the son of the first wife that Hormizd II had, and she was made to wear a crown over her pudenda while still pregnant so that the baby would be born as a King whenever the labor pains began.
In 363, Hormizd served in the army of Emperor Julian (361–363) against Persia; his son, with the same name, afterwards served in the Roman government as a proconsul (Ammianus Marcellinus 26.
encyclopedia.topliterature.com /?title=Hormizd_II   (229 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hormizd II of Persia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hormizd II, King of Persia, son of Narseh of Persia (293–302), reigned for seven years and five months, from 302 to 309.
His son Hormizd escaped from prison by the help of his wife in 323, and found refuge at the court of Constantine the Great (324–337) (Zosimus ii.
In 363, Hormizd served in the army of Emperor Julian the Apostate (361–363) against Persia; his son, with the same name, afterwards served in the Roman government as a proconsul (Ammianus Marcellinus 26.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hormizd-II-of-Persia   (783 words)

  
 Shapur II of Persia - Karr.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
When King Hormizd II (302–309) died, the Persian magnates killed his eldest son, blinded the second, and imprisoned the third (Hormizd, who afterwards escaped to the Roman Empire).
Nevertheless Shapur II made scarcely any progress; the military power of his kingdom was not sufficient for a lasting occupation of the conquered territory.
Shapur II had conducted great hosts of captives from the Roman territory into his dominions, most of whom were settled in Susiana.
www.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Shapur_II_of_Persia   (883 words)

  
 Media, Persia, Parthia, & Iran
Hormizd II Shapur II Ardashir II Shapur III
The brilliant counter-invasion of Iran, from 623-628, by the Emperor Heraclius, however, undid all of this and resulted in the overthrown of Khusro and a period of anarchy.
While the official religion of Sassanid Persia was Zoroastrianism, there was also a Christian community, whose line of Patriarchs "of the East" continues to the present, and refugee pagans were accepted from the increasing intolerance of Christian Rome.
www.friesian.com /iran.htm   (2645 words)

  
 Shapur II of Persia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Shapur II the Great was king of Persia (309 - 379).
When King Hormizd II died, the Persian magnates killed his eldest son, blinded the second, and imprisoned the third (Hormizd, who afterwards escaped to the Romans); the throne was reserved for the unborn child of one of the wives of Hormizd.
The Roman emperor Constantius II was always beaten in the field.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Shapur_II_of_Persia   (630 words)

  
 Khosrau II of Persia
Khosrau II, "the Victorious" (Parvez), king of Persia, son of Hormizd IV, grandson of Khosrau I, 590-628.
He was raised to the throne by the magnates who had rebelled against Hormizd IV till 590, and soon after his father was blinded and killed.
But at the same time the general Bahram Chobin[?] had proclaimed himself king, and Khosrau II was not able to maintain himself.
www.fastload.org /kh/Khosrau_II_of_Persia.html   (477 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Khosrau II of Persia
Khosrau II, "the Victorious" (Parvez), king of Persia, son of Hormizd IV, grandson of Khosrau I, 590 - 628.
He was haughty and cruel, rapacious and given to luxury; he was neither a general nor an administrator.
Khosrau fled from his favourite residence, Dastagei (near Baghdad), without offering resistance; and as his despotism and indolence had roused opposition everywhere, his eldest son Kavadh II, whom Khosrau had imprisoned, was set free by some of the leading men and proclaimed king.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Khosrau_II   (605 words)

  
 Sasanians
At that moment, Persia was a vassal of the Parthian empire, but Pâpak's son Ardašir I, who succeeded his father, did not behave himself as was expected from a vassal.
King Shapur II (309-379) attacked the Roman possessions in Mesopotamia, and defeated and killed the Roman emperor Julianus Apostata who had come to punish the attacker (363).
It is true that in 451, Yazdgard II invaded the Roman province Armenia; and it is true that Khusrau I invaded both Armenia and Syria during the reign of Justinian, but in the end, the borders remained unchanged.
www.livius.org /sao-sd/sassanids/sassanids.htm   (1157 words)

  
 Manichaeism, a Universalist Faith
Persia was between India and the Roman Empire, and the Silk Road ran through it, making Persia a crossroad of ideas.
But after only a year in power, Hormizd died, and he was succeeded by another of Shapur's sons, Bahram.
Manichaeism was criticized for not identifying itself with the Sassanid Empire, and Persia's landed elite saw Manichaeism as a threat because its power base was people of the cities and merchants.
fsmitha.com /h1/ch22.htm   (2016 words)

  
 HORMIZD, or HORMIZDAS - Online Information article about HORMIZD, or HORMIZDAS
sees her and makes her his wife, and her son Hormizd is afterwards recognized and acknowledged by Ardashir.
Julian against Persia; his son, with the same name.
The magnates deposed and blinded Hormizd and proclaimed his son Chosroes II.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /HIG_HOR/HORMIZD_or_HORMIZDAS.html   (843 words)

  
 Sassanid dynasty
The governmental structure of the Sassanian Persia was centralized, where local rulers were removed early in the dynasty's history.
Great imperial ambitions of the rulers, influenced by the memory of the Achaemenid Persian empire, brought Persia into numerous conflicts with the Roman (later Byzantine) Empire.
He builds a stronghold at Gur (now Firuzabad) in the mountains in southern Persia.
i-cias.com /e.o/sassanid.htm   (1268 words)

  
 Shapur II of Persia - meaning of word   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Shapur II the Great was sassanid dynasty of Persian Empire (309 - 379).
When King Hormizd II of Persia died, the Persian magnates killed his eldest son, blinded the second, and imprisoned the third (Hormizd, who afterwards escaped to the Roman Empire); the throne was reserved for the unborn child of one of the wives of Hormizd.
In 337, just before the death of Constantine, Shapur broke the peace concluded in 297 between Narseh of Persia and Diocletian, which had been observed for forty years, and a war of twenty-six years (337-363) began in two series of wars.
www.wordsonline.org /Shapur_II_of_Persia   (707 words)

  
 Ancient coins, King Hormizd II Silver Drachm 302 to 309 A.D.
The obverse side of the Hormizd II silver drachm does show the head of King Hormizd wearing his distinctive eagle headdress and a inscription with his name around.
The inscription is not the same on the counterfeit Hormizd drachm.
The reverse side of the King Hormizd the 2nd silver drachm shows a fire altar flanked by the two attendants, with the bust of Ahuramazda in the flames.
www.silver-coins.org /hormizd_two_silver_drachm.html   (352 words)

  
 Hormizd II of Persia Details, Meaning Hormizd II of Persia Article and Explanation Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hormizd II of Persia Details, Meaning Hormizd II of Persia Article and Explanation Guide
Hormizd II of Persia Guide, Meaning, Facts, Information and Description
This is an Article on Hormizd II of Persia.
www.e-paranoids.com /h/ho/hormizd_ii_of_persia.html   (189 words)

  
 Afghanistan's Web Site -@ Afghanistan History
Khosrow II (Khosrow Parviz), king of Persia of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty
His son, Mir Mahmud, invades Persia and liberates Herat.
At the same time, the Durranis revolt, and terminate the Persian occupation of Herat.
www.afghanistans.com /Information/History/Default.htm   (2369 words)

  
 Hormizd II of Persia - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hormizd II of Persia - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
, king of Persia, son of Narseh, reigned for seven years and five months, 302-309.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
www.indexsuche.com /Hormizd_II_of_Persia.html   (171 words)

  
 Rulers and Dynasties of Persia-Iran - History of Iran - History of Persia
Rulers and Dynasties of Persia (Iran) - History of Persia
The following is a timetable of rulers and dynasties that ruled over Iran.
Shah Soleyman II (Mir Sayyed Mohammad), 1749 - 1750
www.farsinet.com /iran/persian_dynasties.html   (207 words)

  
 AhuramazdahcoinSasanid
Persian hymns suggest for me that Ahura Mazda may have been a
The below  silver dirham's obverse has the Sasanian king of Persia, Hormizd II who ruled ca.
The reverse shows Ahura-Mazdah's bust facing left, wearing a Tiara/Crown, amidst the fiery flames of the Fire Altar.
www.bibleorigins.net /AhuramazdahcoinSasanid.html   (80 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.