Editing Bahram IV (section)

== Personality ==
The assessment of [[Arabic]] sources towards Bahram IV is mixed, although he is generally portrayed in a positive light.{{sfn|Frye|1983|p=143}} According to al-Tabari "he governed his subjects in commendable fashion and was praised for his rule".{{sfn|Bosworth|1999|p=69}} The 9th-century scholar [[Ibn Qutaybah]] mentions "his pursuit of justice and good rule". Hamza al-Isfahani calls him a "proud but harsh ruler, who neglected his subjects".{{sfn|Bosworth|1999|p=69 (see note 186)}} The 12th-century historian [[Ibn al-Balkhi]], however, calls him a "self-absorbed king who never held ''[[mazalim]]''".{{sfn|Pourshariati|2008|p=58}}