Sassanid And Byzantine Fight In Nineveh
Dec, 12, 627 AD
The battle fought in Nineveh was the peak of a series of battles that had started in 622 by the Roman empire to push back Iranians to their original boundaries. In 602 Khosrau Parviz had begun a long war against the Byzantine Empire and by 619 had conquered almost all southwestern Asia Minor and Egypt. In an alliance with Gokturks and Khazars, Heraclius leaded the Nineveh battle which had started with an unsuccessful siege of Tbilisi. The Iranian army was defeated under commander Rhahzadh who was killed in the battlefield. One year later Iranians accepted terms for peace proposed by Heraclius in disgrace. The downfall of the empire accelerated with the Arab invasion in 636. (Updated: Dec, 12, 2007)
English-Persian Glossary
- Egypt: مصر
- Heraclius: هراکليوس
- Khazar: خزر
- Khazars: خزرها
- Khosrau: خسرو(Osores)
- Khosrau Parviz: خسرو(Khusrau II)
- Nineveh: نينوا
- Parviz: پرويز
- Sassan: ساسان
- Sassanid: ساساني
- Tbilisi: تبليس(تفليس ، Tiflis)