 Bahram II, like his father, received the influential Zoroastrian priest Kartir well.He saw him as his mentor, and handed out several honors to him, giving him the rank of grandee ("wuzurgan"), and appointing him as the supreme judge ("dadwar") of the whole empire, which indicates that thenceforth priests were given the office of judge.Kartir was also appointed the steward of the Anahid fire-temple at Istakhr, which had originally been under the care of the Sasanian family.