Arran Shah Urnayr (King of Caucasian Albania) and Sasanian Shahan Shah Shapur II in the Battle of Bagavan 371 CE

by Mahir Khalifa-zadeh

Ārrān šāh Urnayr (Parthian: Ārdān, Latin: Albania, present-day Azerbaijan) and Sasanian šāhān šāh Šābuhr II in the Battle of Dzirav or Bagavan in 371 CE (Ms Berlin SBB, Or. quart. 805, fol 212r). 

Ārrān šāh Urnayr (r. 350- 375) married the daughter of Sasanian šāhān šāh Šābuhr II (Shapur II, r. 309-379).  

Sources: 

- Khalifa-zadeh Mahir, "Adurbadagan and Arran (Caucasian Albania) in the late Sasanian period", International Journal of History, 2023, Vol 5, Issue 2, pp 15-18. DOI: 

10.22271/27069109.2023.v5.i2a.220.

- Khalifa-zadeh Mahir and Maksymiuk Katarzyna, "Reforms of Sasanian king Khusro I and the northern bank of the Araxes – Arrān (Caucasus Albania)", 2023, Historia i Swiat, Vol. 12, pp 167-172.  DOI: 10.34739/his.2023.12.10