 Yazdegerd I is known for his friendly relations with the Jews and Christians of the Church of the East, which he acknowledged in 410.Because of this, he was praised by Jews and Christians as the new Cyrus the Great (, king of the Iranian Achaemenid Empire who liberated the Jews from captivity in Babylon).The king's religious, peaceful policies were disliked by the nobility and Zoroastrian clergy, whose power and influence he strove to curb.