Editing Hormizd IV (section)

=== Overthrow and death ===
[[Image:Coin of Khosrow II in 590.jpg|thumb|[[Ancient drachma|Drachma]] of [[Khosrow II]], minted in 590]]
Hormizd, during his stay at Ctesiphon, was overthrown in a seemingly bloodless palace revolution by his brothers-in-law [[Vistahm]] and [[Vinduyih]], who according to the [[Syriac language|Syriac]] writer [[Joshua the Stylite]], both "equally hated Hormizd".{{sfn|Howard-Johnston|2010}}{{sfn|Shahbazi|1989|pp=180–182}} They had Hormizd blinded with a red-hot needle, and put his oldest son [[Khosrow II]] (who was their nephew through his mother's side) on the throne.{{sfn|Al-Tabari|1985–2007|loc=v. 5: p. 49}}{{sfn|Howard-Johnston|2010}} On June, the two brothers strangled Hormizd to death with his own [[turban]].{{sfn|Bonner|2020|p=257}}

According to the 7th-century Byzantine historian [[Theophylact Simocatta]], Khosrow II was involved in the murder of his father, while the 9th-century Muslim historian [[Abu Hanifa Dinawari]], who based his account on the now lost Middle Persian work ''The Book of Bahram Chobin'', does not involve Khosrow II. Sebeos, who was hostile to Khosrow II, likewise does not accuse him of [[patricide]]. Propaganda circulated by Bahram, however, condemned Khosrow II for the death of his father. The modern historian Michael Bonner is skeptical of Theophylact's account, which he deems to have chronological issues.{{sfn|Bonner|2020|pp=256–257}} Bahram continued his march to Ctesiphon, now with the pretext of claiming to avenge Hormizd.{{sfn|Rezakhani|2017|p=178}} Hormizd's death continued to be a controversial matter—a few years later, Khosrow II ordered the execution of both his uncles as well as other nobles who had a hand in the killing of his father.{{sfn|Howard-Johnston|2010}} A few decades later, Khosrow II, after being overthrown in a coup by his son [[Kavad II]], was accused of [[regicide]] against his father.{{sfn|Pourshariati|2008|p=155}}