Kubva kuna baba vake akanga agara nhaka hondo yairamba ichienderera mberi yairwisana neEastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire uye neTurks kumabvazuva.
Zvechokwadi, shanduro yakaoma zvikuru yemutsara ndeyekuti "Kubva kuna baba vake akanga agara nhaka hondo inopesana neByzantine Empire uye inopesana nevaTurkey kumabvazuva, uye nhaurirano dzorugare dzakanga dzichangotanga naMambo Tiberius II, asi Hormizd IV akaramba kuzvikudza kupa chero chinhu chekukunda kwababa vake. "