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Hormuzan, a wealthy nobleman from Mihragan-kadag, serves as satrap of Khuzestan, one of the richest in Iran.

He is from one of the seven Parthian clans of the Sasanian Empire and is the brother-in-law of Khosrau II and the maternal uncle of Kavadh II.

Being proud of this rich heritage, Hormuzan is permitted to wear a crown upon his head; however, it is smaller than the king's.

At the battle of al-Qādisiyyah, he had commanded the right flank of the army and was defeated.

Hormuzan, however, had regrouped and fought at the battle of Jalula but also suffered defeat.

He then escaped from the region, while many of his forces had been captured and killed by the Arab Muslims.

In 642, he leads the resistance in Shushtar against the Arabs but later surrenders.

Hormuzan is then given a pension, but initially refuses to convert to Islam for some time.

He only converts after being told that he should choose between death and Islam.