Hormizd III (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣; New Persian: هرمز سوم), was the seventeenth king (shah) of the Sasanian Empire, ruling briefly from 457 to...

dynasty of Persia: Hormizd I (272–273), Sasanian king Hormizd II (302–310), Sasanian king Hormizd III (457–459), Sasanian king Hormizd IV (579–590), Sasanian...

the Avesta. His death led to a dynastic struggle between his two sons Hormizd III and Peroz I for the throne, with the latter emerging victorious. The...

 438–457), he disputed the rule of his elder brother and incumbent king Hormizd III (r. 457–459), eventually seizing the throne after a two-year struggle...

Hormizd IV (also spelled Hormozd IV or Ohrmazd IV; Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣) was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 579 to 590. He was the...

a nascent empire. The Third Dynasty of Ur is commonly abbreviated as Ur III by historians studying the period. It is numbered in reference to previous...

Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the sixth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Officially...

Hormizd VI (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣) was a Sasanian prince who ruled from 630 to 632. The overthrow and execution of his grandfather Khosrow II...

Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. Some scholars date his reign from 26 March 1186 to...

involved in helping militarily Peroz I seize the throne from his brother Hormizd III. Later, in the late 5th century, the Hephthalites expanded into vast...