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The only thing stopping the Persians was an army led by King Leonidas I and his 300 Spartans, considered by many to be the greatest soldiers the world has ever known. Vastly outnumbered, the Greek Spartans held up the Persians advance for three days, until they were overrun by Persian forces.
After long negotiations, on October 10, Afonso de Albuquerque met with the King of Hormuz Seyf Ad-Din, the vizier Cogeatar, and his right-hand man Rais Nureddin Fali, to sign the terms of capitulation: They consisted of a tribute worth 15,000 ashrafi (a Persian coin), Portuguese exemption from paying customs dues, and the right to erect a ...
On December 30, 2021, KOB changed the line-up moving H&I to channel 4.2 while Decades (which became Catchy Comedy in March 2023) returned to 4.4 with This TV moving to 4.7. [11] On July 8, 2022, KOB added Newsy (later Scripps News) to digital channel 4.6, while TrueReal moved to channel 4.3 replacing Comet. TrueReal subsequently ceased ...
Hussein Who Said No (Persian: رستاخیز translit Rastâxiz, meaning Resurrection) is a historical film directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish.The story narrates Battle of Karbala on Day of Ashura and tells the uprising of Hussein ibn Ali [3] in 680 CE against Yazid ibn Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan.
Persians offer the Massagetae a treaty of peace via the marriage of Cyrus to Tomyris. Tomyris turns down the offer, and warns Cyrus against any intrusion, but Cyrus marches towards Jaxartes at the head of his army. In the ensuing war the Massagetae defeat the Persians, inflicting heavy losses, with Cyrus also killed in the final battle.
The film was released in the US as Giant of Marathon and everywhere else as Battle of Marathon. [ 2 ] The film was very successful at the box office: according to MGM records the film earned $1,335,000 in the US and Canada and $1.4 million elsewhere resulting in a profit of $429,000. [ 6 ]
The Battle of Cunaxa was fought in the late summer of 401 BC between the Persian king Artaxerxes II and his brother Cyrus the Younger for control of the Achaemenid throne. The great battle of the revolt of Cyrus took place 70 km north of Babylon , at Cunaxa ( Greek : Κούναξα ), on the left bank of the Euphrates .
Over 70,000 Sassanids lost their lives in the battle included those beheaded in the river of Ullais on Khalid's order. However modern historian Peter Crawford estimated the real number of the Sassanid army to be around 30,000 Persians only and the number of 70,000 is the result of exaggeration. [2] The Sasanian commander Jaban however escaped.