Saparda (or Sparda), was an ancient land (720–670 BC), south of
Zikirti
Zikirti or Zikirtu, (also: ''Zikirta'', ''Zikurti'', ''Zekertu'') was an ancient kingdom (750-521 BC), in the north of the Zagros Mountains, which comprised the easternmost part of ''Greater Mannae''. Geographically it corresponds with the modern c ...
, corresponding to the modern
Bijar area in northwestern
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
At the time of the
Medes
The Medes ( Old Persian: ; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, ...
and
Assyria
Assyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the ...
ns this tribe was dominated by the latter. About 670 BC,
Dusanni, king of Sparda, joined the rebellion led by
Kashtariti Kashtariti (Akkadian: ; Median: ; fl. 670s BCE) was a Median chieftain. He is mentioned as "King of the Medes" in an inscription dated 678 BCE.: "In an inscription dated in 678 B.C., Kash-tariti, according to Boscawen, is called "King of the Medes ...
, king of the Medes, against Assyria.
Historical regions of Iran
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