Battle of the Blarathon

When

Aug 591

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.01° N, 46.19° E

Description

591 battle

Battle during the Byzantine-Persian War of 572-591

The Battle of the Blarathon, also known as the Battle of Ganzak, was fought in 591 near Ganzak between a combined Byzantine–Persian force and a Persian army led by the usurper Bahram Chobin.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Blarathon: A Persian army of about 40,000 men under King Bahrām VI is defeated, in the lowlands near Ganzak (northwestern Iran), by the Byzantines”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Römisch-Persische Kriege: Der persische Großkönig Chosrau II., der vor dem Usurpator Bahram Tschobin nach Konstantinopel geflohen war”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Blarathon: un ejército de 40 000 persas bajo el mando de Bahram VI es derrotado por el Imperio bizantino”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد گنزک: ارتشی متشکل از حدود ۴۰،۰۰۰ نفر از ایرانیان به فرماندهی بهرام ششم، در زمین‌های پست نزدیک گنزک (شمال غربی ایران)، توسط بیزانسی‌ها شکست خورد”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591572 · War
• Sasanian Civil War of 589–591589 · Civil war