In 590, the Sasanian spahbed Bahram Chobin rebelled against the Sasanian king Hormizd IV. He was however, deposed and killed by the Sasanian nobles before Bahram could confront him. One of the leaders behind the plot against Hormizd was Vistahm and Vinduyih, who made the king's son, Khosrau II, the new king of the Sasanian Empire.