Ariobarzan

one of the noblemen and commanders of the Achaemenid Empire during the reign of Darius III, who organized a stronghold to resist Alexander the Macedonian and his armies at the Pass of

Darband in Persia. The region from which Ariobarzan emerged was called Oxiana

After the conquest of Babylon and Susa by Alexander, he gathered information about the roads, resources, and waters of Persia. He then sent half of his forces, along with one of his commanders, Parmenion, towards Persepolis via the Royal Road, while he himself took the other half through the Zagros Mountains

The narrow pass of Darband of Persia (Tang-e Takab) near the modern city of Behbahan became the battlefield of Ariobarzan and Alexander

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