Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Khosrow I

Battles of Khosrow I

Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 531 to 579, AD 501 to AD 579

Khosrow I is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 541 and AD 578: 3 battles, 3 sieges and 1 campaign across 5 present-day countries, most in Turkey (3), Georgia (1), Iraq (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,759 km apart end to end, 1,126 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Lazic War (3), Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591 (3).

Belisarius' invasion of MesopotamiaMaurice's Sasanian CampaignsSiege of PetraSiege of EdessaBattle of Gol-ZarriunSiege of DaraBattle of MeliteneSiege of PetraSiege of EdessaBattle of Gol-ZarriunSiege of DaraBattle of MeliteneTehranBaghdadMashhadBakuIsfahanYerevanAshgabatKandaharTabrizMosul1000 km38.225N, 51.399E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 541: 2 engagements2 in AD 541AD 544: 1 engagementsAD 560: 1 engagementsAD 573: 1 engagementsAD 576: 1 engagementsAD 578: 1 engagementsAD 541AD 578
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Petra, AD 541Belisarius' invasion of Mesopotamia, AD 541Siege of Edessa, AD 544Battle of Gol-Zarriun, AD 560Siege of Dara, AD 573Battle of Melitene, AD 576Maurice's Sasanian Campaigns, AD 578AD 541AD 578
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 541Siege of PetraPetra, GeorgiaSasanian victory
AD 541Belisarius' invasion of MesopotamiaMesopotamia, Iraq910 km SByzantine victory
AD 544Siege of EdessaEdessa, Turkey574 km NWByzantine victory; Siege abandoned; Edessanes pay 5...
AD 560Battle of Gol-ZarriunBukhara, Uzbekistan2,245 km EPerso-Turkic victory; The Hephthalite Empire dissolved into...
AD 573Siege of DaraDara, Turkey2,060 km WSasanian victory
AD 576Battle of MeliteneMelitene, Turkey264 km NWByzantine victory
AD 578Maurice's Sasanian CampaignsCaucasus, Russia707 km NEByzantine victory578 Campaign: Byzantine victory; 579...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.