Azarethes
Azarethes | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | Sasanian Empire |
| Branch | Sasanian army |
| Rank | "Astabadh" or hazaraft |
| Commands | Persian forces in Mesopotamia |
| Battles / wars | Iberian War Khosrow I's second Roman campaign |
Azarethes (Greek: Ἀζαρέθης), also recorded as Exarath (Ἑξαράθ) and Zuraq, was a Sassanid Persian military commander during the Byzantine–Sassanid Wars. His Greek name is possibly a misunderstanding of the honorific title hazaraft.