Madates

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Madates ( Greek  Μαδάτης ) was a leader of the mountain people of Uxians in today's Iran in the 4th century BC.

Madates was married to a niece of the Sisygambis (and Arsames ), the mother of the Persian great king Darius III. In a relationship to the great king not defined in more detail in the traditions, he commanded the Uxian people, who inhabited the mountains of the Zāgros east of Susa on the other side of the Pasitigris (Karun) . When Curtius Rufus he will regionis Prefect called what a regional royal governor ( satrap ) corresponds. However, none of the known Persian satrapist lists mention an Uuxian province. In fact, the Uxians had a reputation for not recognizing the overriding authority of the great kings, from whom they even demanded tolls on the passage of the royal road from Susa to Persepolis , which ran south of their mountains. Perhaps Madates was indeed a prince of the Uxians, and his marriage to a relative of the great king could have been part of a political agreement between the great king and the autonomous Uxians.

In the winter of 331 BC In BC Alexander the Great intended to move his army from Susa to Persepolis, but the Uxians under Madates also demanded a toll from him. Alexander responded with a military expedition and besieged the Uxian contingent in their fortress until Sisygambis intervened. The Uxians were pardoned after their submission and Madates was left in control of them, but they in turn had to submit to the satrap of Susiana and pay an annual tribute of 100 horses to Alexander.

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