Quick Facts
- Flourished:
- 5th century
- Flourished:
- c.401 - 500
- Title / Office:
- king (438-457), Persia
- House / Dynasty:
- Sasanian dynasty
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Yazdegerd II
Yazdegerd II, drachma coin.
Yazdegerd II
Sāsānian king
Also known as: Yezdegerd II, Yezdegird II, Yzdkrt II
Yazdegerd II (flourished 5th century) was the king of the Sāsānian dynasty (reigned 438–457), the son and successor of Bahrām V.
Although Yazdegerd was at first tolerant of the Christians, he remained a zealous Zoroastrian and later persecuted both Christians and Jews. He was engaged in a short war with Rome in 442 and also fought against the Kushans (Kuṣāṇas) and Kidarites in the east. Little else is known of Yazdegerd’s reign; he was succeeded in turn by two of his sons, Hormizd III and Fīrūz.
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