Youtab meaning "unique" in

Old Persian Old Persian is one of the two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan language, Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native ...

(4th century BC - 330 BC) was an ancient Persian noblewoman. She was the sister of

Ariobarzanes, Satrap of Persis Ariobarzanes ( peo, *Aryābr̥zaⁿs; grc, Ἀριοβαρζάνης ; fa, آریوبرزن; died 330 BC), was an Achaemenid prince, satrap and a Persian military commander who led an ambush of the Persian army at the Battle of the Persian Gat ...

. She is notable for fighting alongside her brother against Macedonian King

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...

at the

Battle of the Persian Gate The Battle of the Persian Gate was a military conflict between a Persian force, commanded by the satrap of Persis, Ariobarzanes, and the invading Hellenic League, commanded by Alexander the Great. In the winter of 330 BC, Ariobarzanes led a las ...

in the winter of 330 BC.

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Persian people of the Greco-Persian Wars 330 BC deaths Year of birth unknown 4th-century BC Iranian people Women in ancient Near Eastern warfare 4th-century BC women Opponents of Alexander the Great Iranian princesses Military personnel of the Achaemenid Empire killed in action Women of the Achaemenid Empire People whose existence is disputed {{Iran-mil-bio-stub