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. Procopius quotes Belisarius as describing 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 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.