Tapur tribe

Tapur clan was a clan of Scythian people[1] that migrated from Parthyene to central parts of southern territories of Caspian Sea during kingdom of Phraates I[2][3] when Parthian Empire became strong during Phraates I, he attacked to Amard (another Scythian tribe) and defeated them. Then he forced them to leave southern fringes of Caspian Sea and replaced them with Tapur people. After this event, ancient Tapuria was established.[4] These Tapuri clan furnished 1,000 cavalry for the battle of Gaugamela as Achaemenid Empire Army.[5]

Map of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom with Tapuria clearly lying on the south shores of the Caspian sea

According to Arrian, a group of Tapurs lived among the Hyrcanians and Amards during the Achaemenid and Alexander periods. Alexander obeyed the Tapurs and went to battle with Amard and defeated them. Alexander then annexed the land of Amard to the land of Tapur. Satrap Tapur was under Autophradates's rule.[6]

References
  1. and to the eastward are the Galactophagi ; and eastward from Tapuris mountains and the scymbi scythae are the Tapurei. ptolemy (6.14.12)
  2. Ehsan, Yarshater (1968). The Cambridge History of Iran:Seleucid Parthian. p. 766. ISBN 0521246938.
  3. An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volume 5 (T. Osborne, 1747) sig=ACfU3U2mQ08SnGDyoNeY3viLsBvL8I3WGQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibyYa30N7jAhVpsVQKHcX3DO0Q6AEwC3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Ambantae&f=false page 58-59.
  4. Rawlinson 1875, p. 36
  5. These Tapuri furnished 1000 cavalry for the battle of Gaugamela , , “IRAN v. PEOPLES OF IRAN (2) Pre-Islamic,” Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition
  6. Alexsander dimissed Mardians and appointed as their satrap Autophradates also made satrap of the Tapurians. anabasis of alexsander. arrian (24.2.5)


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