Hormizd (sometimes spelled Hormuzd and Graecized Hormisdas or Ormisdas) is an

Iranian Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...

name derived from the name of the god

Ahura Mazda Ahura Mazda (; ; or , ),The former is the New Persian rendering of the Avestan form, while the latter derives from Middle Persian. also known as Horomazes (),, is the only creator deity and Sky deity, god of the sky in the ancient Iranian ...

. It may refer to: Any of the several kings and members of the

Sasanian The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranians"), was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, the length of the Sasanian dynasty's reign ...

dynasty of Persia: *

Hormizd I Hormizd-Ardashir, better known by his dynastic name of Hormizd I (also spelled Hormozd I or Ohrmazd I; ), was the third Sasanian King of Kings (''shahanshah'') of Iran, who ruled from May 270 to June 271. He was the third-born son of Shapur I (), ...

(272–273), Sasanian king *

Hormizd II Hormizd II (also spelled Hormozd or Ohrmazd; ) was king (shah) of the Sasanian Empire. He ruled for six years and five months, from 303 to 309. He was a son and successor of Narseh (). During his reign, the Kingdom of Armenia had recently decla ...

(302–310), Sasanian king *

Hormizd III Hormizd III (; New Persian: ), was the seventeenth king (shah) of the Sasanian Empire, ruling briefly from 457 to 459. He was the son and successor of Yazdegerd II (). His reign was marked by the rebellion of his younger brother Peroz I, who wit ...

(457–459), Sasanian king *

Hormizd IV Hormizd IV (also spelled Hormozd IV or Ohrmazd IV; ) was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 579 to 590. He was the son and successor of Khosrow I () and his mother was a Khazar princess. During his reign, Hormizd IV had the high aristoc ...

(579–590), Sasanian king *

Hormizd V Farrukh Hormizd or Farrokh Hormizd (), also known as Hormizd V, was an Iranian prince, who was one of the leading figures in Sasanian Empire, Sasanian Iran in the early 7th-century. He served as the military commander (''spahbed'') of northern Iran ...

(593), Sasanian king *

Hormizd VI Hormizd VI () was a Sasanian prince who ruled from 630 to 632. The overthrow and execution of his grandfather Khosrow II () in 628 led to a civil war that saw many pretenders to the Sasanian throne. This period saw a series of monarchs with very s ...

(631–632), Sasanian king *

Hormizd (son of Hormizd II) Hormizd (Middle Persian; in ''Hormisdas'', ''Ormisdas''; ) was a Sassanid prince, the third son of King Hormizd II and brother-in-law of King Shapur II. Imprisoned by him, he was freed by his wife in 323 and escaped to Constantinople, where Roman ...

(), defected and fled to Constantinople *

Hormizd of Sakastan Hormizd of Sakastan was a Sasanian prince who was the leader of a revolt in Sakastan (modern Sistan, Iran) and its surrounding regions. He was the son of Shapur Mishanshah, a Sasanian prince who governed Maishan, and was the son of the Sassanian ...

, Sasanian prince *

Hormizd I Kushanshah Hormizd I Kushanshah was Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom from 275 to 300. His reign was marked by his rebellion against his brother and suzerain the Sasanian King of Kings Bahram II (). Hormizd I Kushanshah was notably the first K ...

(270–295), ruler of the east of the Sasanian empire *

Hormizd II Kushanshah Hormizd II Kushanshah (also spelled Hormozd or Ohrmazd), was Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom from 300 to 303. Like his predecessors, he was, in effect a governor of the Sasanian Empire for the eastern regions of Marw, Tukharistan and Gan ...

(295–300), ruler of the east of the Sasanian empire Other people with the name Hormizd or Hormisdas: *

Pope Hormisdas Pope Hormisdas (;"Hormisdas, St." in William Darrach Halsey, ''Collier's Encyclopedia'' Volume 12, Macmillan Educational Company, 1984, p. 244. c. 450 – 6 August 523) was the bishop of Rome from 20 July 514 to his death on 6 August 523. His pa ...

(c. 450 – 523), saint *

Hormizd the Martyr Hormizd, the Persian Martyr is a Catholic saint of the fifth century (c. 420). Theodoret, in his ''Historia Ecclesiastica (disambiguation), Historia Ecclesiastica'' presents the history of the life and the martyrdom of Hormizd, the Persian (c. 420). ...

(d. c. 420), saint *

Rabban Hormizd Rabban Mar Hormizd () was a monk who lived in the seventh century in modern northern Iraq. ''Rabban'' is the Syriac term for ''monk''. "Rabban" is also the Aramaic word for "teacher". He founded the Rabban Hormizd Monastery in Alqosh, named af ...

, 7th century Assyrian saint *

Yohannan Hormizd Yohannan VIII Hormizd (often referred to by European missionaries as ''John Hormez'' or ''Hanna Hormizd'') (1760–1838) was the last hereditary patriarch of the Eliya line of the Church of the East and the first patriarch of a united Chaldea ...

(1760–1838), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church *

Hormuzd Rassam Hormuzd Rassam (; ; 182616 September 1910) was an Assyriologist and author. He is known for making a number of important archaeological discoveries from 1877 to 1882, including the clay tablets that contained the ''Epic of Gilgamesh,'' the world ...

(1826–1910), Assyrian assyriologist *

Hormazd Narielwalla Hormazd Narielwalla (born 1979) is a British collage artist and author based in London. Education He obtained a PhD from the London College of Fashion at the University of the Arts, London,. Style He has pioneered artwork that portrays abstract ...

(born 1979), Indian-born collage artist * Hormasji Maneckji Seervai (1906–1996), Indian lawyer *

Hormasji Kanga Dr Hormasji Dorabji Kanga also known as HD Kanga (9 April 1880 – 29 December 1945) was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket for the Parsis (sometimes spelt Parsees) cricket team between 1899 and 1921 as an all-rounder and openin ...

(1880–1945), Indian cricketer *

Hormasji Vajifdar Hormasji Vajifdar (2 December 1894 – 24 March 1961) was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1913 to 1937. A right-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, Vajifdar played in the final of the 1934– ...

(1894–1961), Indian cricketer *

Hormusjee Naorojee Mody Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody (12 October 1838 – 16 June 1911) was an Indian Parsi businessman in Hong Kong. He lived in Hong Kong for 50 years, during which he worked for the colony and founded the University of Hong Kong. Biography He was b ...

(1838–1911), Indian businessman in Hong Kong *

Naval Hormusji Tata Naval Hormusji Tata (30 August 1904 – 5 May 1989) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist who was a noted alumnus of the Tata Group. He was the adopted son of Sir Ratanji Tata, and also the father of Ratan Tata, Jimmy Tata and Noel Ta ...

(1904–1989), Indian businessman *

Noshir Hormasji Antia Noshir Hormasji Antia (8 February 1922 – 26 June 2007) was an Indian plastic surgeon and social worker, known for his pioneering contributions to the treatment and rehabilitation of people afflicted with leprosy. He was the founder of three n ...

(1922–2007), Indian plastic surgeon *

Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw (3 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), also known as Sam Bahadur ("the Brave") was an Indian Army general officer who was the Chief of the army staff during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, and ...

(1914–2008), Field Marshal of the Indian Army Other uses: *

Rabban Hormizd Monastery Rabban Hormizd Monastery () is an important convent to the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Chaldean Catholic Church, founded about 640 AD by the Church of the East, carved out in the mountains about 2 miles from Alqosh, Iraq, 28 miles north o ...

, an ancient monastery in Iraq *

Mar Hormiz Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Angamaly Mar Hormizd Cathedral, locally known as the Eastern Church of Angamaly () or the Cathedral Church (), is a Syro-Malabar church in Angamaly, India. It was built in 1578 by Mar Abraham, the last East Syriac Metropolitan to reach the Malabar Coast ...

Boukoleon Palace The Palace of Boukoleon () or Bucoleon was one of the Byzantine palaces in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul in Turkey.) The palace is located on the shore of the Sea of Marmara, to the south of the Hippodrome and east of the Little Hagia So ...

in Constantinople, sometimes called the Hormisdas Palace after the son of Hormizd II *

Khurdad (son of Hurmuzd-Afarid) Khurdad () was a Persian individual of modest origin who traveled from Iran to Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine Empire, to pursue his studies. He was the son of a man named Hurmuzd-Āfarīd. Our knowledge of Khurd ...

, Persian student in Constantinople

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