Character · The Shahnameh · Volume III
Hormizd (son of Shapur)هرمزد
hor-MEZD
Shapur's son and successor, under whom wolf and lamb drink from one cistern; he leaves the throne to his son Bahram.
- In the poem
- First at D7.13, Hormizd, Son of Shapur
- Named
- 3 times, in 1 section
- Main stories
- D7 The Early Sasanians (3)
- Parents
- Shapur (son of Ardeshir), Mehrak’s daughter
- Children
- Bahram (son of Hormizd)
- Plates
- Vol III: I, Vol III: III

In the poem’s own words
The 1 section that name Hormizd (son of Shapur) most often, with the summary from the Notes. Tap a couplet number to read it in the full poem.
D7.13
Hormizd, Son of Shapur
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Hormizd (son of Shapur) named 3 times here · read the section in the full poem · notes
Family
- Parents
- Shapur (son of Ardeshir), Mehrak’s daughter
- Children
- Bahram (son of Hormizd)
Where he appears
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