Dadarsi Explained

Dadarsi was a Persian general satrap of Bactria.^[1] He served the Persian king Darius I the Great (522 - 486 BCE). He was ordered to suppress a revolt in Margiana.^[2]

Sources

• Book: Briant, Pierre . From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire . 2002 . Eisenbrauns . Pierre Briant . 1–1196 . 9781575061207 .

Notes and References

1. Fisher, William Bayne, Ilya Gershevitch, Ehsan Yar-Shater and Peter Avery, The Cambridge history of Iran, Vol.2, (Cambridge University Press, 1985), 219; "Most surprising, however, are the figures for the battle fought by the satrap of Bactria, a Persian, called Dadarsis, against the rebel Frada in Margiana...".
2. Asheri, David, Alan B. Lloyd and Aldo Corcella, A Commentary on Herodotus: Books 1-4, (Oxford University Press, 2007), 533;"After that I sent a Persian, Dadarsis by name, my subject, satrap of Bactria. Afterwards Dadarsis with the army marched off, and he fought a battle with the Margians.".