Beate Dignas & Engelbert Winter - Kaveh Farrokh
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68 2 Warfare<br />
Rock reliefs<br />
Other remains<br />
(Yazd) Modern towns<br />
Salmas ¯ (Tabrız) ¯<br />
0<br />
100 km<br />
C a s p i a n<br />
S e a<br />
Aivan-i ¯ Karkha¯<br />
(Isfahan) ¯<br />
(Dizful)<br />
Susa Shushtar<br />
(Yazd)<br />
Khung-i<br />
Nauruzı ¯ ¯<br />
KHUZISTAN ¯ ¯<br />
Yazdikhwast ¯<br />
Khairabad ¯ ¯<br />
Bıshapur ¯ ¯ ¯<br />
P e r s i a n<br />
0 50 miles<br />
Stakhr<br />
Naqsh-i Rustam<br />
Naqsh-i Bahram ¯<br />
Naqsh-i Rajab<br />
Bıshapur ¯ ¯ ¯ Guyum (Shıraz) ¯¯<br />
Kazarum ¯ ¯<br />
Sar Mashhad<br />
Barm-i Dilak<br />
Qasr-i<br />
Jirra Abu Nasr<br />
Atashkada ¯<br />
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Farrashband ¯<br />
Tang-i Karam<br />
Fıruzabad ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯<br />
Stakhr<br />
(Shıraz) ¯ ¯<br />
0 300 km<br />
0<br />
(Kırman) ¯<br />
Fıruzabad ¯¯ ¯ ¯ Darabgird ¯ ¯<br />
Tang-i Chakchak<br />
G u l f<br />
FARS<br />
20 miles<br />
Chalus<br />
(Mashhad)<br />
Tepe Hisar<br />
Nıshapur<br />
Shahristanak Qal<br />
KHURASAN<br />
Takht-i Sulaiman ¯<br />
AZARBAIJAN<br />
¯ ¯¯ ¯<br />
GURGAN ¯<br />
¯¯<br />
(Qazvın) ¯<br />
.<br />
MAZANDARAN<br />
¯ ¯<br />
Kalar Dasht<br />
¯<br />
¯ ¯ ¯<br />
¯<br />
.<br />
(Tehran)<br />
¯<br />
a-yi Dukhtar Bazı ¯ ¯Hur<br />
¯<br />
KURDISTAN ¯<br />
(Hamadan) ¯<br />
Qasr-i . Shırın ¯¯<br />
Harsın ¯<br />
Halush<br />
Quri Taq-i . ¯ Bustan ¯<br />
Taq-i ¯ Girra (Kirmanshah) ¯ ¯<br />
.<br />
L U R I S T A ¯ N<br />
Ray Varamın ¯ ¯<br />
Kai Ka'us ¯ ¯ Takht-i Rustam<br />
<br />
I R A ¯ Q - I A J A M<br />
Niyasar ¯<br />
Atashkuh ¯ ¯ Natanz<br />
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R. Tigris<br />
R. Euphrates<br />
L.Urmıya ¯<br />
.<br />
TALISH<br />
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GILAN<br />
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Sarvistan<br />
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Map 5: Sasanian Sites<br />
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Karku¯<br />
SISTAN ¯ ¯<br />
Fıshvar ¯<br />
Gardana Bizan<br />
LARISTAN ¯ ¯ BALUCHISTAN ¯ ¯<br />
and their army was certainly crucial. Although in general the Strategikon<br />
displays a hostile attitude towards the Eastern opponent, its author is full<br />
of admiration when addressing specific aspects of the Sasanian military.<br />
The texts therefore reveal how tough and tenacious the military struggle<br />
between the great powers was and how much the relationship centred<br />
on strategic advantages and the numerous campaigns fought between<br />
the third and the seventh century – campaigns that lasted over decades<br />
and moreover demanded long logistic and strategic preparations. 18 On<br />
18 Lee 1989: 257–65 and Whitby 1995: 61–124.<br />
A F G H A N I S T A N<br />
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