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== Personality == Yazdegerd II was an astute and well-read ruler whose motto was "Question, examine, see. Let us choose and hold that which is best".{{sfn|Shahbazi|2005}} He is generally praised in Persian sources, and is described as a compassionate and benevolent ruler.{{sfn|Kia|2016|p=282}} He is commended for abandoning his father's overindulgence in hunting, feasting, and having long audience sessions.{{sfn|Kia|2016|p=283}}{{sfn|Daryaee, "Yazdegerd II"}} According to the medieval historians [[Ibn al-Balkhi]] and [[Hamza al-Isfahani]], he was known as "Yazdegerd the Gentle" (''Yazdegerd-e Narm'').{{sfn|Daryaee, "Yazdegerd II"}} However, the favorable account of Yazdegerd II is due to his policy of persecuting non-Zoroastrians within the empire, which appeased the Iranian aristocracy and especially the Zoroastrian priesthood, which sought to use the Sasanian Empire to impose their authority over the religious and cultural life of its people.{{sfn|Kia|2016|p=283}} This is the opposite of the policy of his grandfather and namesake, [[Yazdegerd I]] (known as the "sinner"), who is the subject of hostility in Persian sources due to his tolerant policy towards his non-Zoroastrian subjects, and his refusal to comply with the demands of the aristocracy and priesthood.{{sfn|Kia|2016|pp=282-283}}
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