Oct 1

Anniversary of the 3rd war between Iran and Alexander

This piece of history will be completely edited later          The third war of Alexander of Macedonia with Iran (the Persian Empire) occurred on 30 September 331 BC, in Gaugamela, in Arbil area (Arbil – the present Iraqi Kurdistan), in which again, due to weak command of the army and internal disputes between the Achamenian heads, and also mismanagement of Darius III, the then king, Iran was not successful and started retreating.     After the first war Darius III had enough time to prepare his army because Alexander had gone to Egypt.     History has blamed the mismanagement and negligence of Darius III for the defeat of Iran in its defense war with Alexander.           Translation by Rowshan Lohrasbpour (AmordadNews writer)

The defeat of Batlamyus III from the Persians

This piece of history will be completely edited later          On 1 October 243 BC, Batlamyus III, from the Batlamyus dynasty, (successors of Alexander in Egypt) started retreating from Soosa. A few months before, when the Seleucid rulers (Alexander’s successors in Iran) were being beaten by the Parthian army in northeast of Iran, Batlamyus decided to capture a part of their territory and entered Qazza with an army from Alexandria, by sea, and after capturing the areas west of Euphrates and Babylonia, he passed Tigris and conquered Soosa, but was defeated in the east of this area from the local Iranian rulers of the Persian cities, returned to Soosa and subsequently decided to vacate the captured areas and return to Egypt.     In the ‘general history of ancient periods’ the expedition of Batlamyus III is mentioned as the “dispute of successors of Alexander with each other during their decline”.          Translation by Rowshan Lohrasbpour (AmordadNews writer)