 Persian and Arabic sources, however, call him a "sinner" ("bazehkar" or "bezehgar") and "outcast" ("dabhr").They describe him as a monarch who misused his authority by intimidating and suppressing the nobility and Zoroastrian clergy.This hostile view of Yazdegerd is due to his peaceful attitude towards the Romans and his religious tolerance of the country's non-Zoroastrians (the Christians and Jews).