Yazdgard II
Yazdgard II: king of Persia, ruling from 438 to 457, member of the Sasanian dynasty.
Main deeds:
- Name: Yazdgard II
- Beginning of reign: 438
- Successor of: his father Bahram V
- Brief, inconclusive war with Rome
- Serious wars in the northeast (Hephthalites or White Huns); Yazdgard moves his residence to Nishapur
- End of reign: 457
- Succeeded by: his sons Hormizd III and Peroz I (in the northwest)
General Literature on Sasanian Persia
- Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia. The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2009)
- Josef Wiesehöfer, Das antike Persien. Von 550 v. Chr. bis 650 n. Chr. (1994)