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Hormizd IV, king of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law Vistahm and Vinduyih.
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Hormizd IV
Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 579 to 590
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Last pre-Islamic Iranian empire (224–651 AD)
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Vistahm
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Vinduyih
Sasanian nobleman
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