Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 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 5 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 541 and AD 576: 2 battles and 3 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (3), Georgia (1), Uzbekistan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,142 km apart end to end, 1,286 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Lazic War (2), Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591 (2).

Siege of PetraSiege of EdessaBattle of Gol-ZarriunSiege of DaraBattle of MeliteneSiege of PetraSiege of EdessaBattle of Gol-ZarriunSiege of DaraBattle of MeliteneTehranBaghdadMashhadBakuIsfahanYerevanAshgabatTabrizMosulKrasnodar1000 km39.457N, 51.399E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 541: 1 engagements1 in AD 541AD 544: 1 engagements1 in AD 544AD 560: 1 engagements1 in AD 560AD 573: 1 engagements1 in AD 573AD 576: 1 engagements1 in AD 576AD 541AD 576
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Petra, AD 541Siege of Edessa, AD 544Battle of Gol-Zarriun, AD 560Siege of Dara, AD 573Battle of Melitene, AD 576AD 541AD 576
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 544Siege of EdessaEdessa, Turkey574 km SWByzantine 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 MeliteneTurkey264 km NWByzantine victory

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.