Babak Khorramdin
9th-century Iranian revolutionary leader / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bābak Khorramdin (Persian: بابک خرمدین, Bābak-e Khorramdin, from Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩, Pāpak/Pābag; 795 or 798 – January 838) was one of the main Iranian[3][4] revolutionary leaders of the Iranian[5] Khorram-Dinān ("Those of the joyous religion"), which was a local freedom movement fighting the Abbasid Caliphate. Khorramdin appears to be a compound analogous to dorustdin "orthodoxy" and Behdin "Good Religion" (Zoroastrianism),[1] and are considered an offshoot of neo-Mazdakism.[6] Babak's Iranianizing[7] rebellion, from its base in Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran,[8] called for a return of the political glories of the Iranian[9] past. The Khorramdin rebellion of Babak spread to the Western and Central parts of Iran and lasted more than twenty years before it was defeated when Babak was betrayed. Babak's uprising showed the continuing strength in Azerbaijan of ancestral Iranian local feelings.[3]
Babak Khorramdin | |
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Persian: بابک خرمدین | |
Born | 795 or 798 |
Died | probably 7 January 838 (age 40 or 43)[1] |
Years active | 23 years |
Known for | Leader of the Khorram-Dinān |
Opponent | Abbasid Caliphate |
Spouse | Banu[2] |