Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Shahrbaraz

Battles of Shahrbaraz

general and temporary ruler of the Sassanid Empire (629), AD 600 to AD 630

Shahrbaraz is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 610 and AD 629: 3 battles, 5 sieges and 2 campaigns across 5 present-day countries, most in Turkey (4), Israel (2), Azerbaijan (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,441 km apart end to end, 716 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628 (8).

Siege of EdessaHeraclius Caucasus campaignBattle of ArcheshTurkic invasion of ArmeniaSiege of CtesiphonBattle of AntiochSiege of Caesarea MaritimaSasanian conquest of JerusalemHeraclius' campaign of 622Siege of ConstantinopleBattle of AntiochSiege of Caesarea MaritimaSasanian conquest of JerusalemHeraclius' campaign of 622Siege of ConstantinopleTehranBaghdadAlexandriaAnkaraTel AvivDamascusBakuBeirutYerevanTbilisi500 km36.398N, 39.434E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 610: 1 engagementsAD 613: 1 engagementsAD 614: 2 engagements2 in AD 614AD 622: 1 engagementsAD 624: 1 engagementsAD 625: 1 engagementsAD 626: 1 engagementsAD 628: 1 engagementsAD 629: 1 engagementsAD 610AD 629
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Edessa, AD 610Battle of Antioch, AD 613Siege of Caesarea Maritima, AD 614Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem, AD 614Heraclius' campaign of 622, AD 622Heraclius Caucasus campaign, AD 624Battle of Archesh, AD 625Siege of Constantinople, AD 626Turkic invasion of Armenia, AD 628Siege of Ctesiphon, AD 629AD 610AD 629
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 610Siege of EdessaEdessa, TurkeyByzantine victory
AD 613Battle of AntiochAntioch, Turkey259 km SWSasanian victory
AD 614Siege of Caesarea MaritimaCaesarea Maritima, Israel427 km SSasanian victory
March AD 614Sasanian conquest of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel85 km SSasanian victory
AD 622Heraclius' campaign of 622Cappadocia, Turkey569 km NByzantine victory
AD 624Heraclius Caucasus campaignSouth Caucasus, Azerbaijan1,254 km EByzantine victory
AD 625Battle of ArcheshCaucasian Albania, Azerbaijan255 km WByzantine victory
May AD 626Siege of ConstantinopleConstantinople, Turkey1,509 km WByzantine victory
AD 628Turkic invasion of ArmeniaSasanian Armenia, Armenia1,320 km ETurkic-Byzantine victory
27 April AD 629Siege of CtesiphonCtesiphon, Iraq763 km SShahrbaraz victory; Shahrbaraz becomes Shahanshah of the...

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, Dust Muhammad / Ferdowsi, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.