Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 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 7 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 610 and AD 629: 2 battles and 5 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Turkey (3), Israel (2), Azerbaijan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,332 km apart end to end, 889 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628 (6).

Siege of EdessaSiege of CtesiphonBattle of AntiochSiege of Caesarea MaritimaSasanian conquest of JerusalemBattle of ArcheshSiege of ConstantinopleBattle of AntiochSiege of Caesarea MaritimaSasanian conquest of JerusalemBattle of ArcheshSiege of ConstantinopleBaghdadAlexandriaAnkaraTel AvivDamascusBakuBeirutTbilisiNicosiaİzmir500 km36.398N, 37.929E
7 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 625: 1 engagementsAD 626: 1 engagementsAD 629: 1 engagementsAD 610AD 629
7 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 614Battle of Archesh, AD 625Siege of Constantinople, AD 626Siege 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 625Battle of ArcheshCaucasian Albania, Azerbaijan1,415 km NEByzantine victory
May AD 626Siege of ConstantinopleConstantinople, Turkey1,509 km WByzantine victory
27 April AD 629Siege of CtesiphonCtesiphon, Iraq1,637 km SEShahrbaraz 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.