Battle of the Blarathon

Battle of the Blarathon
	Part of The Sasanian civil war of 589-591 and the Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591
	; Map of the Byzantine-Persian frontier
Date	August 591
Location	Along the river Blarathon near Ganzak, northwest Persia37°00′42″N 46°11′35″E / 37.011555°N 46.193187°E
Result	Byzantine victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire ; Khosrow II's forces	Sasanian Empire ; Usurper forces ; of Bahram Chobin
Commanders and leaders
John Mystacon; Narses; Khosrow II; Musel II Mamikonian; Bendōy; Bestām	Bahram Chobin
Strength
60,000 in total 40,000 Byzantine troops; 12,000 Armenian cavalry; 8,000 Persian troops;	Heavily outnumbered
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of the Blarathon, also known as the Battle of Ganzak, was fought in 591 near Ganzak between a combined Byzantine–Persian force and a Persian army led by the usurper Bahram Chobin.

^ ^a ^b Shahbazi (1988), pp. 214–222.
^ ^a ^b Pourshariati (2008), pp. 127–128.

[FOOTNOTEShahbazi1988214–222-1] Shahbazi (1988), pp. 214–222.

[FOOTNOTEPourshariati2008127–128-2] Pourshariati (2008), pp. 127–128.

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