• king Grumbates mentioned by Ammianus Marcellinus was a cause of much concern to the Persians. Between 353 AD and 358 CE, the Xionites under Grumbates attacked...
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  • presence of Grumbates alongside Shapur II is also recorded at the successful Siege of Amida in 359, in which Grumbates lost his son: "Grumbates, king of...
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    Varahran Kangju Wanunkhur 320 CE–467 CE Kidarites Yosada Kirada Peroz Kidara Grumbates Kungas Brahmi Buddhatala Varhran (II) Goboziko 370 CE–540 CE Alchon Huns...
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    They had attacked the Sassanid Empire, but later (led by a chief named Grumbates), served as mercenaries in the Persian Sassanian army. Within the Xionites...
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    Varahran Kangju Wanunkhur 320 CE–467 CE Kidarites Yosada Kirada Peroz Kidara Grumbates Kungas Brahmi Buddhatala Varhran (II) Goboziko 370 CE–540 CE Alchon Huns...
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  • sight of his formidable army would terrorize the city into surrender. Grumbates, king of the Chionites, was sent to threaten the defiant city into submission...
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    pre-Islamic period. Franciscum Steiner. p. 273: "Der Name des Fürsten, Grumbates, könnte ein alttürkisches *Qurum-pat = "Regierungsfürst" wiedergeben,...
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    this time the Hunnic tribes, most likely the Kidarites, whose king was Grumbates, make an appearance as an encroaching threat upon Sasanian territory as...
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  • Adiabene Meharaspes of Adiabene Mirian III of Iberia 'Amr ibn Imru' al-Qays Grumbates Urnayr of Caucasian Albania Al-Mundhir I ibn al-Nu'man Al-Mundhir III...
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    Transoxiana, reaching as far as China. Shapur, along with the nomad King Grumbates, started his second campaign against the Romans in 359 and soon succeeded...
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    of Grumbates, while inspecting the defences of Amida, was shot and killed with an arrow shot by the city garrison. Ammianus described how Grumbates, outraged...
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    Varahran Kangju Wanunkhur 320 CE–467 CE Kidarites Yosada Kirada Peroz Kidara Grumbates Kungas Brahmi Buddhatala Varhran (II) Goboziko 370 CE–540 CE Alchon Huns...
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    their alliance with Shapur: Close by him [Šapur II] on the left went Grumbates, king of the Chionitae, a man of moderate strength, it is true, and with...
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    Roman-Persian War and joined in the Siege of Amida (359) under their king Grumbates. Written reports come from Ammianus Marcellinus, among others. The Middle...
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  • towers. During the Siege of Amida, a scorpio arrow killed the son of Grumbates, king of the Chionitae, when he was approaching the city to surrender...
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    Sasanian Emperor Shapur II had fought against Chionite invaders led by king Grumbates, and ultimately passed an alliance with them, using their military in...
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    Varahran Kangju Wanunkhur 320 CE–467 CE Kidarites Yosada Kirada Peroz Kidara Grumbates Kungas Brahmi Buddhatala Varhran (II) Goboziko 370 CE–540 CE Alchon Huns...
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    alliance, the Chionites (probably of the Kidarites tribe) under their King Grumbates accompanied Shapur II in the war against the Romans, especially at the...
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