Vahriz was a Deylamite
spahbodSpahbod or Spahbed , is derived from the words Spah and bod ; or "Aspah'Paeity" , and means commander of cavaliers/ knights; alternatively Spah Salar was a rank used in the Parthian empire and more widely in the Sassanid Empire of Persia...
(commander) in the service of the
Sassanid EmpireThe Sassanid Empire or Sasanian Empire, known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr, was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty who reigned from 224 to 651 CE...
of Persia (Iran). He was the head of a small expeditionary force of low ranking Azatan (Azadan) nobility numbering around 700 sent by
Khosrau IKhosrau I , also known as Anushiravan the Just Khosrau I (also called Khosnow I, Chusro I, Khusro I, Husraw I or Khosrow I, Chosroes I in classical sources, most commonly known in Persian as Anushirvan, Persian: انوشيروان meaning the immortal soul), also known as Anushiravan the Just (انوشیروان...
to
YemenYemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is a country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia...
to help repel the invading
EthiopianEthiopian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to the country of Ethiopia* A person from Ethiopia, or of Ethiopian descent. For information about the Ethiopian people, see Demographics of Ethiopia and Culture of Ethiopia. For specific persons, see List of Ethiopians.* Ethiopian Semitic...
s of
AxumAxum or Aksum is a city in northern Ethiopia which was the original capital of the eponymous kingdom of Axum. Axum was a naval and trading power that ruled the region from ca. 400 BC into the 10th century...
. Vahriz was successful in expelling the invading Ethiopians from Yemen. Tabari reports that the main reason behind victory of Vahriz over Axumites of Yemen has been use of panjigan (probably a
ballistaThe ballista , plural ballistae, was a weapon developed from earlier Greek weapons. It relied upon different mechanics, using two levers with torsion springs instead of a prod, the springs consisting of several loops of twisted skeins...
equipped with heavy darts) against the Yemenites who had not encountered such a military contraption in the past.
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Vahriz was a Deylamite
spahbodSpahbod or Spahbed , is derived from the words Spah and bod ; or "Aspah'Paeity" , and means commander of cavaliers/ knights; alternatively Spah Salar was a rank used in the Parthian empire and more widely in the Sassanid Empire of Persia...
(commander) in the service of the
Sassanid EmpireThe Sassanid Empire or Sasanian Empire, known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr, was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty who reigned from 224 to 651 CE...
of Persia (Iran). He was the head of a small expeditionary force of low ranking Azatan (Azadan) nobility numbering around 700 sent by
Khosrau IKhosrau I , also known as Anushiravan the Just Khosrau I (also called Khosnow I, Chusro I, Khusro I, Husraw I or Khosrow I, Chosroes I in classical sources, most commonly known in Persian as Anushirvan, Persian: انوشيروان meaning the immortal soul), also known as Anushiravan the Just (انوشیروان...
to
YemenYemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is a country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia...
to help repel the invading
EthiopianEthiopian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to the country of Ethiopia* A person from Ethiopia, or of Ethiopian descent. For information about the Ethiopian people, see Demographics of Ethiopia and Culture of Ethiopia. For specific persons, see List of Ethiopians.* Ethiopian Semitic...
s of
AxumAxum or Aksum is a city in northern Ethiopia which was the original capital of the eponymous kingdom of Axum. Axum was a naval and trading power that ruled the region from ca. 400 BC into the 10th century...
. Vahriz was successful in expelling the invading Ethiopians from Yemen. Tabari reports that the main reason behind victory of Vahriz over Axumites of Yemen has been use of panjigan (probably a
ballistaThe ballista , plural ballistae, was a weapon developed from earlier Greek weapons. It relied upon different mechanics, using two levers with torsion springs instead of a prod, the springs consisting of several loops of twisted skeins...
equipped with heavy darts) against the Yemenites who had not encountered such a military contraption in the past. Vahriz then resided there as the Persian governor of Yemen. Yemen became a vassal state of the Sassanids until the arrival of Islam.