Hormizd II
303 – 309 AD
Hormozd II | Ohrmazd II | هرمز دوم | 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣
Recreation of Hormizd II as crown prince with horse helmet. Download
Hormizd II as a king with red vest and green crown featuring a bird and Wings of Victory. Download
Ver.1 - Last updated: May 4th 2021, by Mo. Rasoulipour
Hormizd II ruled over the Sasanian empire for seven years. His rock relief at Naqsh-e Rostam, indicates that there was internal turmoil in the empire, which he successfully managed to deal with. Seeking to improve relations with Christian Armenia under Arsacid king Tiridates III, he gave his daughter Hormizddukht in marriage to a Mamikonian prince named Vahan. Unlike Narseh's policy of religious tolerance, Hormizd persecuted the Manicheans who had lived peacefully during the reign of his father.
During the last years of his reign, he raided Syria and defeated and killed its Ghassanid king. Hormizd II was either ambushed and killed by Ghassanid troops while hunting, or he was killed by a group of Iranian nobles in a secluded place.
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Hormizd II as a prince in Naghsh-e rostam, Iran. Image Source
Top left: Coins of Hormizd II showing details of the crown.
Top right: You can see the Sassanid hat/helmet with an animal head which appears to be a cow, bull or a horse.
Bottom: You can see a plate depicting Hormizd II as a king during lion hunting. You can see the horse head is similar in style to horse on the hat.
Visual Description in Literature
“His vest is of red embroidered cloth, … his crown is green…“ -Hamzah Isfahani
from - The 'History of the Kings of the Persians' in Three Arabic Chronicles: The Transmission of the Iranian Past from Late Antiquity to Early Islam (Translated Texts for Historians LUP) Paperback – September 1, 2018 - by Robert G. Hoyland
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Likely Accuracy of the Creative Recreation
Weak Guess:
Due to stylized art of wall relief and stylized and sporadic likenesses on the coins. The face is inspired by rock relief of Hormizd II as a prince. Hormizd II as a King uses the same face but aged.
Note: There is a rock relief of Hormizd II as a king that is weathered enough not to be able to make out any details in the face area.
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