Cyrus I

Cyrus I

▪ king of Persia

flourished 7th century BC

      Achaemenian king, the son of Teispes and grandfather of Cyrus II the Great; he had control over Anshan (northeast of Susa in Elam) and possibly also over Parsumash to the east during the second half of the 7th century. Although he sent aid to Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon (651), who was in revolt against Assyria, Cyrus was forced to accept Assyrian overlordship about 639, after the conquest of Elam by Ashurbanipal; (Ashurbanipal) and he sent his eldest son, Arukku, with tribute to Nineveh.

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