Sisines
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Sisines was a Persian nobleman faithful to Darius.[1]
Jat Places Namesake
Sinsini = Sisines (Anabasis by Arrian,p. 69, 379.)
Jat Gotras Namesake
Sinsinwar = Sisines (Anabasis by Arrian,p. 69, 379.)
History
Arrian[2] writes....Darius then sent Sisines, one of his own faithful Persian courtiers, down to the sea-coast, under pretence of going to Atizyes, viceroy of Phrygia, but really to communicate with this Alexander, and to give him pledges, that if he would kill king Alexander, Darius would appoint him king of Macedonia, and would give him 1,000 talents of gold[4] in addition to the kingdom. But Sisines, being captured by Parmenio, told him the real object of his mission. Parmenio sent him immediately under guard to the king, who obtained the same intelligence from him. The king then, having collected his friends, proposed to them as a subject for deliberation what decision he ought to make in regard to this Alexander.
4. Nearly £250,000.
References
- ↑ Anabasis by Arrian,p. 69, 379.
- ↑ The Anabasis of Alexander/1b,p.69