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

by Mahir Khalifa-zadeh

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

Ārrānšāh Urnayr (r. 350- 375) married the daughter of Sasanian šāhānšāh Šābuhr 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