Nabedes

Naved,[1] Nabed, Nahbed,[2] Nabedes (Greek: Ναβέδης Nabédēs), or Nobades was a Sasanian military commander during the reign of Khosrow I.

He is first recorded as the commander of Nisibis, engaging the Romans in a battle during Belisarius invasion of Mesopotamia in 541. In a speech to his soldiers before the battle, Belisarius had described Nabedes to be the "first among the Persians in glory and in every other sort of honour" after Khosrow I himself.[3] In 543, Nabedes and his outnumbered forces defeated a major Byzantine invasion of Armenia in an ambush at Anglon. During the Lazic War, he performed an invasion in 550,[4] reaching Abasgia and taking hostages, including Theodora, the wife of Opsites of Lazica.[5]

References

  1. ^ Whately, Conor (17 March 2016). Battles and Generals: Combat, Culture, and Didacticism in Procopius' Wars. BRILL. p. 144. ISBN 978-90-04-31038-4.
  2. ^ Whitby, Michael (31 October 2021). The Wars of Justinian I. Pen and Sword Military. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-5267-6089-0.
  3. ^ Procopius, History of the Wars, Book II, XVIII
  4. ^ Schottky, Martin (Pretzfeld), “Nabedes”, in: Brill's New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 16 January 2019 <https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e815660>
  5. ^ Greatrex, Geoffrey (2007). The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars Ad 363-628. Psychology Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780415465304.


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