Gubaru (also: Ugbaru, old Persian: Gaubaruva, Elamite: Kambarma) (c. 601 BC – ?) was the Median governor of Babylon following the conquest of that city by Persian ruler Cyrus the Great [1]. Gubaru was previously governor of Gutium [2]. Some have claimed that he is the Darius the Mede named in the Book of Daniel, suggesting that Darius was a title assumed by Median kings. In his later years, he married a sister of Darius the Great, successor to Cyrus the Great. This marriage produced son Mardonius, who was to become Darius's general as well as son-in-law. Mardonius also went on to serve as general under Xerxes the Great, successor to Darius the Great.
References
- ^ S. R. (Samuel Rolles) Driver, Authority and Archaeology, Sacred and Profane: Essays on the Relation of Monuments to Biblical and Classical Literature, p. 125, Ayer Publishing 1971, ISBN 0836957717
- ^ http://www.livius.org/gi-gr/gobryas/gobryas_1.html
