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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 179 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PEROZ (Peirozes, See also:Priscus, fr. 33; Perozes, Procop. Pers. i. 3 and Agath. iv. 27; the See also:modern See also:form of the name is Feroz, Firuz, cf. See also:FIRUZABAD)  , See also:Sassanid See also:king of See also:Persia, A.D . 457—484, son of See also:Yazdegerd IL He rebelled against his See also:brother Homizd III., and in 459 defeated and killed him with the help of the See also:Ephthalites, or See also:White See also:Huns, who had invaded See also:Bactria . He also killed most of his other relatives, and persecuted the Christians . But he favoured the introduction of Nestorianism, in opposition to the orthodox creed of See also:Byzantium . With the See also:Romans he maintained See also:peace, but he tried to keep down the Ephthalites, who began to conquer eastern See also:Iran . The Romans supported him with subsidies; but all his See also:wars were disastrous . Once he was himself taken prisoner and had to give his son See also:Kavadh as See also:hostage till after two years he was able to pay a heavy See also:ransom . Then he See also:broke the treaty again and advanced with a large See also:army . But he lost his way in the eastern See also:desert and perished with his whole army (484) . The Ephthalites invaded and plundered Persia for two years, till at last a See also:noble See also:Persian from the old See also:family of See also:Karen, Zarmihr (or Sokhra), restored some degree of See also:order . He raised See also:Balash, a brother of See also:Peroz, to the See also:throne . (ED .

End of Article: PEROZ (Peirozes, Priscus, fr. 33; Perozes, Procop. Pers. i. 3 and Agath. iv. 27; the modern form of the name is Feroz, Firuz, cf. FIRUZABAD)
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