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|style="background: #dfdfdf; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; border-bottom: none; text-align: center; font-size: large;" colspan="2"| ''' | |style="background: #dfdfdf; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; border-bottom: none; text-align: center; font-size: large;" colspan="2"| '''Battle of Istakhran''' | ||
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|style="background: #dfdfdf; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; border-top: none; text-align: center" colspan="2"| '' | |style="background: #dfdfdf; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; border-top: none; text-align: center" colspan="2"| ''part of the [[Parthavan-Daryamenean Wars]]'' | ||
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|style="width: 25%; text-align: right; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 8px"| '''Date''' | |style="width: 25%; text-align: right; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 8px"| '''Date''' | ||
|style="width: 75%; padding-top: 8px"| | |style="width: 75%; padding-top: 8px"| Late 122 BI (exact date unknown) | ||
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|style="width: 25%; text-align: right; padding-right: 4px"| '''Location''' | |style="width: 25%; text-align: right; padding-right: 4px"| '''Location''' | ||
|style="width: 75%"| | |style="width: 75%"| 20 miles south-east of [[Istakhra]], north-east [[Parsa]] | ||
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|style="width: 25%; text-align: right; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 8px"| '''Result''' | |style="width: 25%; text-align: right; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 8px"| '''Result''' | ||
|style="width: 75%; padding-bottom: 8px"| | |style="width: 75%; padding-bottom: 8px"| Decisive Parthavan victory | ||
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|style="background: #dfdfdf; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; padding: 2px 0 2px 0; text-align: center" colspan="2"| '''Combatants''' | |style="background: #dfdfdf; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; padding: 2px 0 2px 0; text-align: center" colspan="2"| '''Combatants''' | ||
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|style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0; border-right: 1pt dashed #c0c0c0"| | |style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0; border-right: 1pt dashed #c0c0c0"| | ||
|style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0"| | Parthavans | ||
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Daryameneans | |||
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|style="background: #dfdfdf; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; padding: 2px 0 2px 0; text-align: center" colspan="2"| '''Commanders''' | |style="background: #dfdfdf; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; padding: 2px 0 2px 0; text-align: center" colspan="2"| '''Commanders''' | ||
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|style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0; border-right: 1pt dashed #c0c0c0"| | |style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0; border-right: 1pt dashed #c0c0c0"| [[Sepahpetish]] [[Aryane]] | ||
|style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0"| | |style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0"| [[Strateghos]] [[Daryamenes]] | ||
Murdesenes Achalyon | |||
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|style="background: #dfdfdf; padding: 2px 0 2px 0; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; text-align: center" colspan="2"| '''Strength''' | |style="background: #dfdfdf; padding: 2px 0 2px 0; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; text-align: center" colspan="2"| '''Strength''' | ||
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|style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0; border-right: 1pt dashed #c0c0c0"| | |style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0; border-right: 1pt dashed #c0c0c0"| 1,000 Parthavan cavalry backed up with camel supply chains to cities | ||
|style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0"| | |style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0"| 30,000 Daryamenean phalanxes, | ||
10,000 cavalry, | |||
10,000 archers, | |||
5,000 Companion cavalry | |||
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|style="background: #dfdfdf; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; padding: 2px 0 2px 0; text-align: center" colspan="2" | '''Casualties''' | |style="background: #dfdfdf; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0; padding: 2px 0 2px 0; text-align: center" colspan="2" | '''Casualties''' | ||
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|style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0; border-right: 1pt dashed #c0c0c0"| | |style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0; border-right: 1pt dashed #c0c0c0"| Negligable | ||
|style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0"| | |style="width: 50%; padding: 4px 0 4px 0"| Entire army killed or routed | ||
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|style="background: #dfdfdf; font-size: smaller;" colspan="2"| '''Notes:'''<br /> | |style="background: #dfdfdf; font-size: smaller;" colspan="2"| '''Notes:'''<br />This battle was later responsible for Daryamenes's death by an arrow wound. It created a huge power vacuum in the eastern reaches of Daryamenes's empire, allowing the Parthavans to conquer. | ||
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Revision as of 11:39, 13 November 2006
| Battle of Istakhran | |
| part of the Parthavan-Daryamenean Wars | |
| Date | Late 122 BI (exact date unknown) |
| Location | 20 miles south-east of Istakhra, north-east Parsa |
| Result | Decisive Parthavan victory |
| Combatants | |
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Parthavans |
Daryameneans |
| Commanders | |
| Sepahpetish Aryane | Strateghos Daryamenes
Murdesenes Achalyon |
| Strength | |
| 1,000 Parthavan cavalry backed up with camel supply chains to cities | 30,000 Daryamenean phalanxes,
10,000 cavalry, 10,000 archers, 5,000 Companion cavalry |
| Casualties | |
| Negligable | Entire army killed or routed |
| Notes: This battle was later responsible for Daryamenes's death by an arrow wound. It created a huge power vacuum in the eastern reaches of Daryamenes's empire, allowing the Parthavans to conquer. | |
