Getting to know Sardar Rashid Irani's Ariyobarzan

Aryu Barzan was the name of the Iranian general who stood in front of Alexander's army in the mountains of Pars and he and his soldiers were killed to the last person. The name of Aryu Barzan is also said and written as Aryabarzin in modern Persian, which means glorious Persian.

They have guessed the battlefield of Ariobarzan and Iskand in several different places, it seems that the battlefield is somewhere in the current Kahkiloyeh and Boyer Ahmar province or in the west of Fars province.. In any case, Alexander's unfamiliarity with the region was beneficial to the Persians, but a shepherd whose name historians have written as Liani showed the Macedonians the way to pass through the mountains, and Alexander was able to trap Ariobarzen and his companions.. (It is said that after the end of the war, Alexander killed that prisoner for treason). Ariobarzen with 40 horsemen and 5000 footmen recklessly attacked the Macedonian army and killed many Greeks and suffered many casualties himself, but he managed to escape from the siege of the Macedonian army..

When he came out of the siege, he asked to rush to help the capital and occupy it before the arrival of the Macedonian army. But Iskander's army, which had gone to Pars through Jalga, stopped him. At this time, he faced a difficult risk, but he was not satisfied to surrender. It is said that Ariobarzen's stand was one of the few stands against Iskandar's army.

Alexander the Great's forces advancing towards Parsa, the capital of Iran at that time, in an impassable mountainous region (Darband Pars, Takab in Kohgiluyeh) with an Iranian army regiment (1000 to 1200 people) He faced Ario Barzan's command and stopped advancing. For several days, this regiment had prevented the advance of Alexander's army of tens of thousands of people, who had previously taken Egypt, Babylon and Susa, and had defeated Darius III in three battles and put him to flight.. Finally, this regiment was defeated by encircling the mountains and attacking its people from higher heights, and its stubborn commander also fell to the ground..

The historian of the court of Askand wrote that if such resistance in the battle of Gugmel in (Current Iraqi Kurdistan) It was against us, our defeat was certain. In Gogmel, with the unexpected departure of Darius III from the scene, the units of the Iranian army, who were winning over us; They retreated after him and we won. Darius III had fled to the northeast of Iran, and Ario Barzan continued to stand in the highlands of southern Iran on the way to Parse..

The battle of Ariobarzen Corps was amazing. Ariobarzen attacked the huge army of the enemy with a small number of cavalry and infantry. He threw a large group of them to the ground and although he lost many of his soldiers, he was able to break the circle of the enemy army.. He wanted to reach Persepolis before the Greeks so that he could defend it.

At this time, the part of Iskandar's army that was left in the Jalga faced him. It should be remembered that Yotab, the sister of Ariobarzen, was also in command of a part of his brother's troops and blocked the way to Alexander in the mountains. . Yotab and Baradar went against Iskandar's army and due to the lack of sufficient force, they were all killed by Iskandar's army.. In the book of Othilla written by Loisdol, it is mentioned that in his last battle, Alexander, who liked his bravery, offered him to surrender so that he would not have to kill him, but Ariobresen said:(( The emperor of Iran sent me here to defend this place and I will defend this place until my life.)) Iskandar also said in his answer:Your king has fled .))

Surrender and I will make you the ruler of Iran for your bravery.)) But Ario Barzan had answered:((So now that the king is gone, I will stay in this place and fight until I die))Vaskandar, who saw his steadfastness, ordered to shoot him from a distance with spears and arrows. And they hit him with arrows and spears so much that not a single healthy spot remained in his body. After his death, they buried him in the same place. They buried him and wrote on his grave “In memory of Leonidas”

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