- Xionites, Chionites, or
Chionitae (Middle Persian: Xiyōn or Hiyōn; Avestan: X́iiaona-;
Sogdian xwn;
Pahlavi Xyōn) were a
nomadic people in the Central...
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Grumbates or
Krumbates was a king of the
Chionitae,
probably of the
Kidarites tribe, an
ancient nomadic tribe of Transoxiana. The
exact origin of his...
- army and
accompanying Shapur II. The
presence of "Grumbates, king of the
Chionitae" and his
Xionites with
Shapur II
during campaigns in the
Western Caspian...
-
Siege of Amida, a
scorpio arrow killed the son of Grumbates, king of the
Chionitae, when he was
approaching the city to surrender.
There has been some research...
- Shapur:
Close by him [Šapur II] on the left went Grumbates, king of the
Chionitae, a man of
moderate strength, it is true, and with
shriveled limbs, but...
- (White = Western)
Hephthalites / Uar (Ebodalo)
Xionites /
Chionites /
Chionitae Agathyrsi Tyragetae (may have been a
mixed Daco-Getae -
Iranian people...
- Albania. “Close by him [Šapur II] on the left went Grumbates, king of the
Chionitae, a man of
moderate strength, it is true, and with
shrivelled limbs, but...
