Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Seert
He was succeeded by the Rabban Hormizd monk Mikha'il Kattula of Telkepe, one of the many opponents of Yohannan VIII Hormizd, who was consecrated in 1826 by Joseph V. He died in 1855 and was buried in the monastery of Mar Yaqob.
Sasanian civil war of 589-591
Hormizd also declined the requests of the Zoroastrian priesthood to persecute the Christians. He did not like the Zoroastrian priesthood, and therefore killed a great deal of them, including the chief priest ("mowbed") himself. Furthermore, Hormizd greatly reduced the payment of the military by 10 percent and massacred many powerful and prominent members of the elite, including the famous Karenid "vizier" of his father, Bozorgmehr, the latter's brother Simah-i Burzin; the Mihranid Izadgushasp; the "spahbed" ("army chief") Bahram-i Mah Adhar, and the Ispahbudhan Shapur, who was the father of Vistahm and Vinduyih. According to the medieval Persian historian al-Tabari, Hormizd is said to have ordered the death of 13,600 nobles and religious members.