Shapur II's Arab campaign
Shapur II's Arab campaign | |||||||
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Hajar mountains, eastern Arabia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sasanian Empire |
Arab tribes, primarily:
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Qarwa Ibn Mukhallab, unnamed others | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
6,000 | 150,000 |
The Shapur II's Arab campaign took place in 325, against numerous
Arab incursions
During the childhood of Shapur II, Arab nomads made several incursions into the Sasanian homeland of Pars, where they raided Gor and its surroundings.[1] Furthermore, they also made incursions into Meshan and Mazun.
Shapur II's campaign
At the age of 16, Shapur II led an expedition against the Arabs. According to
After having dealt with the Arabs of
The Zoroastrian scripture Bundahishn also mentions the Arabian campaign of Shapur II, where it says the following: "During the rulership of Shapur (II), the son of Hormizd, the Arabs came; they took Khorig Rūdbār; for many years with contempt (they) rushed until Shapur came to rulership; he destroyed the Arabs and took the land and destroyed many Arab rulers and pulled out many numbers of shoulders".[1]
Colonies of Persian officials and soldiers were settled in new garrisons along the Arabian coastlands of the Persian Gulf, especially in Oman's strategic coast in Al Batinah Region, including the tip of the Musandam Peninsula, Sohar, and Rustaq.[6]
In order to prevent the Arabs to make more raids into his country, Shapur II ordered the construction of a defensive line near
References
- ^ a b c d e f Daryaee 2009.
- ISBN 978-83-7051-887-5.
- ^ Frye 1983, p. 136.
- ^ Potts 2012.
- ^ Daryaee 2009, p. 16.
- ^ C. E. Bosworth, “ABNĀʾ,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/3, p. 226-228; an updated version is available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abna-term (accessed on 25 January 2014).
Sources
- Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
- Shapur Shahbazi, A. (2005). "SASANIAN DYNASTY". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 30 March 2014.